Category: Medium Reads
Should Robots Have Rights? Why or Why Not?
Reading Time: 7 minutes ‘A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer’. [1] The robots of today form a wide spectrum of intelligence, yet […]
Should we advocate for democracy as an innate human right?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A human right is not something that can be traded off for something else. Rights are absolute, there are no caveats and they must be upheld regardless. Democracy is often […]
‘The sum of the parts is no greater than or less than the whole.’ To what extent is this true?
Reading Time: 6 minutes In order to answer this question, there are three things that must first be addressed: what a ‘whole’ is, what a ‘part’ is, and how to evaluate the ‘sum’. Although axiological […]
Does the individual citizen have any moral obligation to obey the laws of the state?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Introduction The law is a solution to a collective action problem in our society. In order to keep order, the law maintains power structures and provides important restrictions on what […]