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Never Again. For Anyone.

Never Again. For Anyone.

Josef Mengele, Eugenics and What Happens When Science Loses Its Moral Conscience There is something unsettling about photographs of Josef Mengele. He...

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Ibrahim Mukherjee

Discernment – Reason in the age of AI

Discernment – Reason in the age of AI

Discernment in the Age of Artificial Reason What the Torah, the Qur’an and the Prophets Teach Us About AI, Conscience and True Judgement There is a...

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Bal Tashchit (בַּל תַּשְׁחִית): The Rabbinic Limit

Bal Tashchit (בַּל תַּשְׁחִית): The Rabbinic Limit

Amalek, Halakhah and the Courage of Rabbinic Leadership Few passages in the Hebrew Bible have provoked more argument, discomfort and serious...

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1985, not Orwell’s 1984.

1985, not Orwell’s 1984.

One year after the date George Orwell imagined would come to define the modern fear of surveillance. Although Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in...

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The Opportunity Cost of conflict – GDP numbers.

The Opportunity Cost of conflict – GDP numbers.

1. Peace is the normal state; war is an exception Both traditions treat peace as something to be sought, even while recognising that conflict may...

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Ibrahim Mukherjee

The Angels of our nature.

The Angels of our nature.

One of the oldest questions humanity has ever asked is also one of the most personal. Are human beings fundamentally good? Or fundamentally violent?...

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Ibrahim Mukherjee

The Measure of a Nation Is Its Weakest Citizen

The Measure of a Nation Is Its Weakest Citizen

Every civilisation celebrates strength. It is easy to admire. Yet the Hebrew Bible and the Quran both arrive at a profoundly counterintuitive...

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Before Religion, There Was Conscience

Before Religion, There Was Conscience

Every civilisation eventually asks the same question. Where does morality come from? Is it imposed by law? Learned from parents? Inherited through...

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Ibrahim Mukherjee

Truth is a Scalpel, not a Hammer

Truth is a Scalpel, not a Hammer

Falsehood is impatient. It rushes to judgement. It demands immediate certainty. It mistakes confidence for wisdom and volume for truth. Truth moves...

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Ibrahim Mukherjee

The Echo Chamber Is the Enemy of Wisdom

The Echo Chamber Is the Enemy of Wisdom

The greatest threat to a democracy is not disagreement. It is the moment disagreement becomes impossible. History has shown that nations rarely...

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The Prophetic Mirror: The Nation That Will Be

The Prophetic Mirror: The Nation That Will Be

Every nation at war faces a moment when it must ask not only whether it can prevail, but what kind of nation it wishes to be when the fighting ends. ...

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Ibrahim Mukherjee