The Runaway Tram That Was Never Meant to Be Polled
The trolley problem began as a footnote in an argument about abortion. Its journey into the engineering of driverless cars may have changed what it was built to ask.
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Ethics passages for CAT RC
How we decide what is right, and why good arguments about morality still end in disagreement.
6 long-form ethics essays, written at the density of real CAT passages, each with CAT, XAT and GMAT-style questions and explanations. For real exam passages, practise the solved CAT RC PYQs; for a daily routine, see CAT RC practice.
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Why Krishna Is the Most Philosophically Dangerous Character in Indian Literature
Krishna lies, cheats and engineers deaths. The Mahabharata calls him the fullest embodiment of dharma. This is not a contradiction. It is the most demanding position in Indian moral philosophy.
Abhishek Leela Pandey4 Qs
Hachikō and the Weight of Waiting
Why does Hachikō's story still move millions? A philosophical reflection on loyalty, memory, grief, and the kind of love that outlives death itself.
Abhishek Leela Pandey4 Qs
Moral Luck
Two men drive home equally drunk. Only one kills a child. Philosophy calls the gap between them moral luck.
Abhishek Leela Pandey4 Qs
Why Confucianism Believed Inequality Could Be Moral
Confucianism defended inequality by arguing that everyone begins with equal moral potential and that authority should reward virtue rather than birth.
Abhishek Leela Pandey4 Qs
What Kevin Carter Really Captured
A haunting reflection on Kevin Carter’s photograph, moral distance and the unsettling transformation of human suffering into spectacle.
Abhishek Leela Pandey4 Qs