Author: Maya Santhanam

Faustian Bargains and Nuclear Progress

Ethical evaluations of progress simplify into a cyclical process which emerged long before the discipline of ethics formally surfaced; a progressive development is made, the said development challenges any number of long-standing values, and schools of thought relevant to the situation are applied to evaluate contradictory opinions in the conflict. Using Kant’s categorical imperatives, Gilligan’s […]

Whose Streets? Ours or Theirs?

Amidst a global reckoning around police-community relations, one thing is becoming clear: we can’t excuse white supremacy as a thing of the past or an inevitable part of our present any longer. The roots of tension in police-community relations are self-reinforcing. Police forces are failing to understand our racial history and current racial environment, while […]

Is Age Just A Number For Minority Youth?

Citizen. Immigrant. Rich. Poor. Veteran. Able-bodied. Democrat. Republican. Our rights, privileges, and immunities are continuously determined by the different labels we’re granted by the institutions that govern us. Labels are guarded by black and white lines, with many set indicators placing each of us in these rigid categories. In our legal system, many of our […]