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Gandhian Ideologies 05 Aug 2019 8 min read What is Gandhian ideology? Gandhian ideology is the set of religious and social ideas adopted and developed by Mahatma Gandhi, first during his period in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and later in India. Gandhian philosophy is not only simultaneously political, moral and religious, it is…
Sikhism 29 Nov 2019 11 min read Why in News The year 2019 marks the 550th birth anniversary year of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose birthplace is Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. On this occasion, Kartarpur Sahib Corridor was inaugurated by PM Modi and Pakistani PM Imran Khan to connect Dera Baba Nanak shrine…
Good Governance 24 Feb 2020 15 min read What is Good Governance? ‘Governance’ is the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented). Governance can be used in several contexts such as corporate governance, international governance, national governance and local governance. In the 1992 report entitled “Governance and Development”,…
Hellenistic Philosophy 08 Jun 2020 15 min read Introduction The Greek philosophy began as speculation into the nature of the cosmos or universe (Meta Physics). The early philosophers, in the Pre-Socratic era, like Sophists, Democritus, Pythagoras and others made bold speculations about the origins and nature of the universe. With the advent of Socrates, Plato,…
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…