Outline:

1. Introduction
1.1-What is Ethos?
Greek word for Ethics
Ideas about good and bad, right and wrong
1.2-Postmodern Ethos- New Ethics of the West
1.3-A challenge?

2. Tracing the History of Western Ethics
2.1- Ancient Western Ethics
Plato’s Absolute Morals
2.2- Christian Ethics
2.3- Modern Ethics after Reformation, Renaissance and Industrial Revolution
2.4- A departure from the Modern Ethics – The Post phase


3. Postmodern Ethos
3.1- Deconstruction of Traditional Ethics
3.2- Moral Relativism – No Absolute Good or Bad
3.3- Capitalist Exploitation deemed as Good
3.4- Celebration of Multiculturalism
3.5- Globalization against Nationalism
3.6- Free Market Economy instead of Mercantilism
3.7- Religion becoming irrelevant
3.8- Relaxed sexual attitude


4. A Challenge to the West?
4.1 Rising Fascism in the West- Reaction against Multiculturalism
Violence against immigrants on a rise!
4.2 Moral Relativism
Justification of Gruesome Acts like War and Aggression
Pre-emptive Warfare, West playing Global Police
4.3 White man’s burden: the West’s claim of ethical superiority
4.4 Rising Promiscuity and the death of Traditional Family Structure
4.5 Celebrating diversity or butchering it in the name of Free Speech?
4.6 Resulting Clash of cultures
4.7 Culture of exploitation
4.8 Value claim of Free Market Economy and the resulting Global Crunch

5. Conclusion

I also attempted the same
Also on the same lines but not much influenced on happenings but real emphassis was on ideological debate of post modernism.
I divided the essay in very simple manner


Introduction-
process of change-
post modern ethos, discussed 10 ethos-
post modern ethos a challenge to west
on all social grounds, in this i discussed 5 grounds and then
conclusion.


This is just a short view not the original content of essay . Its panic to rewrite here.

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Did you actually write this in the exam?

I don't remember my outline but I reflected on how the theme of a multiplicity of narratives of which the post modernism is the vanguard goes against the West which is a hegemon in terms of political beliefs, economic systems etc. I made out a few points for e.g. that capitalism is not the only economic system that is suited to democracy and in this regard challenges to the West come from the West itself- Scandinavian countries employ a socialist democracy quite successfully. Similarly the Western notion that individual well being is mirrored through the GDP has been questioned by academics like the Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen who proposes a capabilities approach i.e. what a person is capable of doing determines how well off he/she is. Western individualism vs Eastern collectivist spirit and so on...

Have I digressed from the topic?

No, I planned to and made an initial outline but did not attempt it.

The topic of the essay dealt with ethics, what is wrong and right, and particularly about postmodern ethics which has fuzzed the traditional as well as modern distinction between right and wrong. How has this new set of fuzzy ethics become a challenge to the West where it has originated?

You can decide yourself.

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He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow (Ecclesiastes 1:18)

42-47 marks in this essay...

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Are talking about your essay? Can you please share the outline?

Yeah I get that. But there were so many things that could be discussed under this, so I'm worried about my selection of points and wanted your opinion as to whether or not they will suffice.

Don't be worried. The essay was no doubt a tough one. Postmodernism as a topic has a lot of mumbo-jumbo stuff so expect anything

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He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow (Ecclesiastes 1:18)

Correct outlines though the topic is amorphous but still you stand a good chance of clearing it.

Which outline are you referring to?