What is the “principle of permissible harm” in ethics? How do you see stern state action against its own people in certain instances such as the Left Wing radicalism and Jammu and Kashmir disturbance with respect to it? Does ‘Principle of Permissible Harm’ stand the test of moral laws? (250 W)

The Principle states that one may harm in order to save more if and only if the harm is an effect or an aspect of the greater good itself. It further states that an act that causes both a greater good and a lesser evil is impermissible if the evil results from a means to … Continue reading What is the “principle of permissible harm” in ethics? How do you see stern state action against its own people in certain instances such as the Left Wing radicalism and Jammu and Kashmir disturbance with respect to it? Does ‘Principle of Permissible Harm’ stand the test of moral laws? (250 W)