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Privacy in this day and age

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In today's world, every move we make on the internet is being monitored either by the government, companies that can benefit of our data and even people with malicious intent of stealing your credentials.  There is a very common sentiment that arises in this debate, even among people who are uncomfortable with mass surveillance, which says that there is no real harm that comes from this large-scale invasion because only people who are engaged in bad acts have a reason to want to hide and to care about their privacy. This worldview is implicitly grounded in the proposition that there are two kinds of people in the world, good people and bad people. Bad people are those who plot terrorist attacks or who engage in violent criminality and therefore have reasons to want to hide what they're doing, have reasons to care about their privacy. But by contrast, good people are people who go to work, come home, raise their children, watch television. They use the Internet not to plot bombi...
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Cyber Security

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Vegetarian diets are boring, they have absolutely no variety and with this non-vegetarians continued to make excuses to feast on more meat. And it's not just variety, for years a vegetarian diet has been considered inferior to a non-vegetarian one. But, to be honest, there are a plethora of reasons to promote vegetarianism; and this is in every possible context. In terms of health, for years non-vegetarians have believed that they are healthier than the vegetarians, but this article shall put an end to all those beliefs. Turns out, a vegetarian diet is healthier than a non-vegetarian diet. Wait, what? This may come by surprise for most people out there but it is in fact true. Vegetarians end up being healthier than the non-vegetarian group of people in the long run and there are a plethora of reasons to support this argument.  Nowadays, we hear a lot of people moving towards vegetarianism - from celebrities to models and to a lot of health enthusiasts. For years there has been...
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Eating animals.

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Eating animals Potential wrongs Eating animals poses two moral problems. Is it wrong in principle to raise and kill animals so that human beings can eat meat and fish? Does it stop being wrong if the processes involved are carried out humanely? Eating animals is also criticised on health and ecological grounds, but this article only deals with wrongs to the animals involved. Violated rights If you accept that animals have rights, raising and killing animals for food is morally wrong. An animal raised for food is being used by others rather than being respected for itself. In philosopher's terms it is being treated as a means to human ends and not as an end in itself. This is a clear violation of the animal's rights. No matter how humanely an animal is treated in the process, raising and killing it for food remains morally wrong. But:  This is using 'rights' in a rather technical philosophical sense. When people talk about animal rights colloquia...
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Veganism- A fad or here to stay

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Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. In recent years, a lot of people have gone the vegan route due to various reasons such as animal welfare, health concerns, environmental worries and also because of the rise in popularity of plant-based diets. Basically, there are 2 types of vegans- Dietary vegans (also known as "strict vegetarians") refrain from consuming meat, eggs, dairy products, and any other animal-derived substances. An ethical vegan (also known as a "moral vegetarian") is someone who not only follows a vegan diet but extends the philosophy into other areas of their lives, and opposes the use of animals for any purpose. In the beginning, there was a lot of skepticism regarding veganism as many people said that going vegan will not be able to provide the ...
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