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Ibrahim MukherjeeThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
One of the oldest questions humanity has ever asked is also one of the most personal. Are human beings fundamentally good? Or fundamentally violent?...
Every civilisation celebrates strength. It is easy to admire. Yet the Hebrew Bible and the Quran both arrive at a profoundly counterintuitive...
Every civilisation eventually asks the same question. Where does morality come from? Is it imposed by law? Learned from parents? Inherited through...
Falsehood is impatient. It rushes to judgement. It demands immediate certainty. It mistakes confidence for wisdom and volume for truth. Truth moves...
The greatest threat to a democracy is not disagreement. It is the moment disagreement becomes impossible. History has shown that nations rarely...
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. ...