Ocean of Knowledge
Schools of Indian Philosophy 29 Jun 2020 8 min read Philosophy arose in India as an enquiry into the mystery of life and existence. Indian Philosophy refers to several traditions of philosophical thought that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Over centuries, India’s intellectual exploration of truth has come to be represented by six systems of…
Empathy 17 Jul 2020 12 min read Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. Essentially, it is putting yourself in someone else’s position and feeling what they must be feeling. While people are generally pretty well-attuned to their…
Raja Ram Mohan Roy 17 Aug 2020 10 min read Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the father of Modern India’s Renaissance and a tireless social reformer who inaugurated the age of enlightenment and liberal reformist modernisation in India. Life Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on 22 May 1772 in an orthodox Brahman family at…
Normative Ethical Theories (Part-I) 14 Sep 2020 10 min read The principal purpose that normative ethical theories serve is to articulate and advocate an ethical code, i.e., to provide justifiable and reliable principles to determine what is moral (and immoral) behavior. Normative theory involves arriving at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. In…
Normative Ethical Theories (Part-II) 21 Sep 2020 10 min read Virtue Ethics Virtue ethics shifts the analytical emphasis away from rule-based decision-making (of deontological ethics) or of the consequences of an action (eg in utilitarianism) towards the ethics of individuals and the ethics of human character. For example: A teleologist would argue that giving to…
Accountability in Governance 27 Oct 2020 11 min read Accountability refers to the process as well as norms that make decision makers answerable to ones for whom decisions are taken i.e., the decision maker and the beneficiary. The recent emphasis on revolutionised democracy seeking increased accountability from the government has brought into focus its need…
Ethics in Journalism 09 Nov 2020 16 min read Gandhian Ethics on Journalism “The sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper is a great power, but just as an unchained torrent of water submerges the whole countryside and devastates crops, even so an uncontrolled pen serves but to destroy.”- Mahatma Gandhi. Idea of…
Attitude: Content, Structure and Function 14 Apr 2022 19 min read What is Attitude? About: It is a psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating a particular entity with some degree of favour or disfavour. The evaluations which people make can range from extremely unfavourable to the extremely favourable, or can be more moderate. Attitudes…
Morality in International Relations 27 Jun 2022 21 min read What is International Morality? International morality refers to morals or codes of conduct governing relations between nations. The present day world is divided into many independent territorial political communities. They constitute the international political order sometimes called the international legal order. The basic feature of…
Ethics and Human Interface 16 Aug 2022 19 min read For Mains: Dimensions of Ethics, Determinants and Consequences of Ethics in Human Action, Importance of Ethics in Private and Public Relationship. What is Ethics? Ethics is a set of principles that influences our decisions and determines the direction and goal of our lives. A society’s…