Morality of Legal System in India – a Learning from My Recent Visit to BITS Pilani

I recently met Hayagriv Sridharan and Kushal Agarwal, two students from BITS, Pilani. They had presented a paper on “Morality of Profits”. One of them said “Do unto others what you would do unto yourself!” while making the presentation. This statement had a long lasting impression on me.

Bentham said that law is the greatest happiness to the greatest number. Thus the utilitarians believed that it is the morals of the society which determine the laws ...read more