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Thinker of the day

Gandhi, Ambedkar, Kautilya, Kant, Rawls and 55 more, explained simply, with how to use each in an answer.

Essay debates

Growth vs environment, freedom vs order, technology and jobs: both sides, common ground and how to reconcile them.

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60 thinkers for ethics and essay

T. N. SeshanEnforcing the Rules E. SreedharanDelivery with Integrity Verghese KurienThe Cooperative Way M. S. SwaminathanFood Security Vikram SarabhaiTechnology for Development Ela BhattOrganising Informal Workers Baba AmteDignity Through Work Armstrong PameThe People's Road Florence NightingaleCare by Evidence Lal Bahadur ShastriSimplicity and Responsibility Immanuel KantDuty and Dignity Jeremy BenthamGreatest Happiness John RawlsJustice as Fairness Hannah ArendtThinking and Responsibility Thomas HobbesOrder and the State John LockeRights and Consent Jean-Jacques RousseauThe General Will Adam SmithMarkets and Sympathy Max WeberBureaucracy and Authority Karl MarxClass and Labour Martin Luther King Jr.Nonviolent Justice Nelson MandelaReconciliation Mary WollstonecraftRights of Women Peter SingerEffective Compassion Robert NozickLiberty and Entitlement Martha NussbaumCapabilities David HumeReason and Sentiment Simone de BeauvoirThe Second Sex Albert SchweitzerReverence for Life Hans JonasEthics for a Technological Age Rachel CarsonSilent Spring Elinor OstromGoverning the Commons Isaiah BerlinTwo Concepts of Liberty Friedrich HayekKnowledge and Order Jürgen HabermasPublic Sphere and Dialogue Mahatma GandhiTruth and Nonviolence B. R. AmbedkarEquality and Constitutional Morality KautilyaThe Arthashastra Rabindranath TagoreFreedom of the Mind Sri AurobindoIntegral Growth BasavannaWork Is Worship Emperor AshokaDhamma and Welfare KabirBeyond Rituals Raja Ram Mohan RoyReason and Reform Jyotirao PhuleTruth-Seeking and Equality Savitribai PhuleTeacher and Reformer Jawaharlal NehruScientific Temper and Institutions Vallabhbhai PatelUnity and Civil Service Maulana Abul Kalam AzadComposite Nationalism Amartya SenDevelopment as Freedom A. P. J. Abdul KalamDreams and Duty Gopal Krishna GokhaleModerate Reform MahaviraNonviolence and Many Views Adi ShankaracharyaAdvaita Guru NanakEquality and Service Vinoba BhaveBhoodan Sri Narayana GuruOne Caste, One Religion E. V. RamasamySelf-Respect Emperor AkbarSulh-i-kul Swami Dayananda SaraswatiBack to the Vedas

30 essay debates

Should economic growth come before environmental protection?Environment Will AI and automation create more jobs than they destroy?Technology Does India need stronger central control or more power to states?Governance How much freedom should be given up for security?Governance Do good ends justify questionable means?Ethics Is affirmative action compatible with merit?Society Are welfare schemes empowerment or dependency?Economy Is social media good for democracy?Technology Should tradition guide a modernising society?Society Should a civil servant follow orders or conscience?Ethics Should the state run businesses?Economy Nationalism or universal humanism?Society Is education for jobs or for life?Education Should the death penalty be abolished?Ethics Are cities the engines of progress or of inequality?Economy Should science be limited by ethics?Technology Should citizens' duties matter as much as their rights?Governance Has globalisation helped or hurt developing countries?Economy Why are so few women in India's workforce, and what fixes it?Society Is judicial activism good for democracy?Governance Is the only duty of business to make profit?Ethics Should we measure progress by GDP or well-being?Economy Does a leader's private character matter in public life?Ethics Does progress come from competition or cooperation?Society Should the state be able to access citizens' data for security?Technology Should an employee blow the whistle on wrongdoing?Ethics Is poverty mainly about individual choices or systems?Economy Self-reliance or global integration?Economy Should the press be regulated?Society Should officials bend rules for compassion?Ethics