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  • Archive for the Philosophy Category

    Isn’t Everyone Selfish?

    Nov

    20

    A man feels: He has emotions. A man thinks: He has the capacity to reason. A thinking man acts. An action results in emotions: An acting man feels. It is neither possible, nor desirable on the part of a man to act suspending either his thoughts that leads to the act or the emotions he derive as the result of his act. Man is not omniscient: He might not always be able, with utmost certainty, to predict in advance the results of his acts or the emotions which results from those results. Nevertheless, he expects some results and those results are not the ends, but a means to an end – which apparently is, happiness or an end to his discomfort. Ascetics hope to derive pleasure from discomfort, ‘humanitarians’ from mass-slaughters and masochists from pain. Nevertheless, pleasure is the end-No matter what its nature might be. It goes without saying that man is not a being which acts without giving a moment’s thought to the results or his emotions resulting from those results. Even the insane are not devoid of it.


    Exam-Cheats, the Indian students under scrutiny

    Oct

    25

    Technology is coming in to address two of the biggest issues that education in India faces: leakage of question papers and forgery of marksheets and certificates.
    Institutions like Bangalore University and Visveswaraya Technological institute are considering a technology that will enable them to print question papers at the examination venue just an hour before the test.
    Times of India
    According to… Continue reading



    Artificial Vs Natural

    Oct

    13

    Often it is assumed that human are different from nature. And that causes the point of contention between natural and artificial.
    This duality between Nature and Human is asserted by two means, firstly, it is said that Human Constructs are artificial, they are not natural. Otherwise, the other way is to state that some human constructs are… Continue reading



    Arguments Are A Weak Man’s Weapon?

    Sep

    27

    You say ‘Arguments
    are a weak man’s weapon’ as if it were an argument. Have you ever asked
    yourself what makes an argument, what effort goes behind it? Is it
    brute force or is it intelligence and rationality? Is a Gun an
    argument? Are nuclear weapons an argument? Is a stick an argument? No.
    A gun isn’t. Nuclear weapons too aren’t. A stick too


    Morality And Capitalism

    Sep

    9

    Many have told me that it was from Ayn Rand they learnt that Capitalism is not only the most practical, but also the only moral politico-economic system in the whole history of mankind. In my opinion, which I know is true, Rand’s moral defense of capitalism, despite her brilliance & strength of arguments, is really weak. Rand’s arguments overlook one



    Sexually Harassed!

    Sep

    4

    “Fools think that this is just nonsense. Something left over, old-fashioned. But there’s always a purpose in nonsense.”- Ayn Rand

    One of the most fascinating aspects of Schools, which attracts its fair share of media attention presently, is sexual harassment. What? Is that what we send our children to school for? Is that what you are tempted to ask? Surely, you… Continue reading



    Spiritual Quest

    Sep

    3

    Man is alone, and that is his identity. A man is the centre of universe, and that is reality. A man, when he thinks, walks, or eats, he is alone though he might have company or might be having a conversation. Man has this world inside is head as much as it is on outside.
    The world outside exists as a reflection inside a man’s mind, and a man has no prove to the existence of world or anything else, except when is trying to contradict it. Man knows by negation, and not by affirmation. Man’s reasons are good to rule out things to arrive at judgments, and his imagination is the tool used to propagate from judgments. Continue reading