The fact that one can almost cough ones other to death has opened a moral quandary in the wake of the global pandemic of coronarvirus. Every human person has to face the possibility of being both the victim as well as the vector of a lethal infection. Hence, we are robbed of our ability to do the right thing...
Novel Coronavirus – a new Locus Cognitus of Philosophy
Introduction We cannot philosophize by bracketing coronavirus in the wake of great distress it has inflicted on humanity. Philosophers have imperative to make the novel virus the new locus classicus for doing philosophy. The new locus cognitus of philosophy can indeed generate responsible, relevant and emancipative responses to the global pandemic and the havoc that it has inflicted on...
Facing Place/less Condition: Thinking Place in the Wake of Coronovirus
Covid-19 pandemic has not just attacked us, its ghostly presence has haunted our place. We have the challenge to think our place in the wake of the pandemic. Even our resting places have become restless. Place is everywhere but it is no longer safe. There is something vital that has gone missing. Our place is fast becoming place/less. The...
Living on the Edge of Hackable Life
Coronavirus has hacked our bodily life and we are all running for safety. It has set an algorithm into our bodies to reproduce itself. So far, we find that it has been medically impossible to reverse it. We are fast realising that algorithms define our lives both biologically as well as socio-politically. All life on earth is running in...
What counts as Human life?
The question ‘what counts as human life?’ forces its way into our minds as we face sickness, death and loss in the wake of the global pandemic. Maybe we have to be a bit nuanced in raising this question. American feminist thinker, Judith Butler might be of help to fine-tune the question on our minds. She asks ‘whose life...
One more Lesson from the Corona moment of Humanity
The diagram of society is changing. Coronavirus has already redrawn the lines of commune in our society. We are under lockdown and the entrance to our homes has become the line that confines us to our homes. As we go to the market to fetch essential food items, we have to mark our distance from the lethal virus with...
Lessons about the Self and its other from the Corona Moment of Humanity
The communication revolution that we are all living through has allowed us to reproduce the ordinary indefinitely. Anyone who has a mobile can now upload a selfie or video. We have come a long way to enjoy the externalization of ourselves to the point that we get glued to television shows that do the laughing for us. Although...
Thinking Education at a Time of Global Pandemic
The closure of schools in the wake of the pandemic has brought the spotlight on the system of education that we have built over a long period of time. While our classrooms have stopped teaching our students, it is time for us to learn to identify all that is ailing our educational system and try and seek sustainable solutions. ...
One more Lesson from the Corona moment of Humanity
The diagram of society is changing. Coronavirus has already redrawn the lines of commune in our society. We are under lockdown and the entrance to our homes has become the line that confines us to our homes. As we go to the market to fetch essential food items, we have to mark our distance from the lethal virus with...
Embracing our Common Humanity at a time of Global Pandemic
The fact that novel coronavirus has struck too long has already let in fatigue in our battle against the devastation that it has brought about. Our health professionals are overworked. Our health infrastructure is found to be inadequate. Our governments are found confused. In a very real way, coronavirus has done an autopsy over our dying socio-economic-political as well...
