Ethics-An Idealist’s View Of Life- Dr. Radha Krishnan – Teachers Day Edition !!!
Despite being a philosopher and author of international repute in his times, Dr Radhakrishnan is today a largely forgotten icon in his own country. […]
Society- Flooding in Indian Cities !!!
World’s greatest cities were founded on the banks of rivers (or other water sources such as lakes) to provide for not only drinking water but other basic amenities such as sanitation and transportation. What worked as a boon for our first urban dwellers has become a bane for our present [...]
Ethics-The PRIVACY Debate !!!
The question of privacy arises most notably with the Aristotelian distinction between the public sphere of governance and its separation from the private sphere of individuals concerning domestic life and family. Other than in philosophical discussions, the concept has a wide range of interpretation in many cultures. [...]
Polity-The Discourse on Reservations (Landmark Judgements-Part 6) !!!
Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) Reservations: From the British Raj to the Constitution of India Post-constitutional Developments And Along Came the Mandal Commission The Mandal Challenge Off with the ‘Creamy Layer’ Extending Mandal to Education Caste in India: The Road Ahead Click Here Thank You UPSCTREE
Economy-Why The Digital Marketplace Is Here To Stay !!!
Chris Anderson was the editor of Wired magazineuntil 2012. Now he is the co-founder and chief executive officer of 3D Robotics, a company that produces drones. His book The Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand (Updated and Expanded Edition, 2009) was shortlisted for the 2006 Financial Timesand Goldman Sachs Business Book [...]
Economy-Inequality vis-a-vis Innovation !!!
A world where a few people have most of the wealth motivates others who are poor to strive to earn more. And when they do, they’ll invest in businesses and other areas of the economy. That’s the argument for inequality. But it’s wrong. […]
Economy-What fueled CAPITALISM – the Potato ?
Our Right to Eat What we eat matters to us – but we’re not sure whether it ought to matter to anyone else. We generally insist that our diets are our business and resent being told to eat more fruit, consume less alcohol and generally pull our socks up when [...]
Ethics-Ethics in Public Service – Part 3 !!!
Ethical Decision Making Making a Decision Guidelines for Ethical Decision Making Existentialism Determinism Intentionalism The Logic of Ethics Good versus Bad Arguments Deductive versus Inductive Arguments Truth versus Validity Sound versus Unsound Arguments Evaluating the Result of Decisions Conclusion Click Here Thank You UPSCTREE
Environment-A sixth mass extinction is underway !!!
The disappearance of the dinosaurs is probably the world’s most famous example of a mass extinction, but it’s certainly not the only one. […]
Polity-Right to Privacy- Truly a momentous ruling !!!
When delivering the 12th Justice K.T. Desai Memorial Lecture on dissenting judgments in Mumbai last year, Justice Rohinton F. Nariman described the great dissenters on the Supreme Court of the 1950s and 1960s as persons who had chiselled and added meaning to the Constitution’s fundamental rights. […]