Philosophy

K. P. A. Ilyas Since reading the perceptive essay on The Wrongness of Rape by Gardner and Shute, I realised that crimes need not be what we think they are. As rape is an offence which is reported  frequently and reported with such catchy headings, chances of public getting brainwashed with the casual clarity of the media is high. In the case of Deceptive Sex ( an apt term has been coined !), I tried to visualise what the 'victim' would be undergoing. To be fair to her, I thought we need to as...

From Hobbes to Locke to Rousseau, we read about Social Contracts of various hues. They had a point. In fact, a few brilliant points. Upon reading their impressive theses, we jumped to the conclusion that States can do everything because you have surrendered your power to govern yourself to the leviathan. But can they do everything? To illustrate, we can take the case of the South Indian State of Kerala. Its social development indices are impressive on almost all counts. Yet it has the highest ...