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&lt;em&gt;Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence&lt;br /&gt;
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It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;monopoly of violence&amp;rdquo; by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning.&lt;br /&gt;
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Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence

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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence

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&lt;em&gt;Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence&lt;br /&gt;
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It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;monopoly of violence&amp;rdquo; by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning.&lt;br /&gt;
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Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence

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Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence

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-The Indian Express&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence&lt;br /&gt;
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It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;monopoly of violence&amp;rdquo; by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence&lt;br /&gt;
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It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;monopoly of violence&amp;rdquo; by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning.&lt;br /&gt;
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What is at the heart of this &amp;ldquo;reasonableness&amp;rdquo;? The state government&amp;rsquo;s declared reasoning behind the plant closure are &amp;ldquo;environmental concerns&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;consideration of the interests and sentiments of people of Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)&amp;rdquo;. It is evident that the latter concern overrides the former in the government&amp;rsquo;s decision-making calculus. This is perfectly fine as long as it is not motivated by a desire to secure electoral gains, as opposed to being an expression of genuine concern for all the parties involved in the infrastructure project. However, such modes of reasoning still do not address why the concern only cropped up after a blatant display of power that led to 13 deaths. In other words, why is it that &amp;ldquo;death&amp;rdquo;, and that too in a visceral fashion, has become the primary motivator to exercise our conscience?&lt;br /&gt;
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Studies by the National Environmental Engineering Institute had initially pointed out instances of environmental violations by Sterlite Copper, which they later overturned. Another study by a group of researchers from Tirunelveli Medical College showed an &amp;ldquo;increased prevalence&amp;rdquo; of &amp;ldquo;respiratory diseases&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;ENT morbidity&amp;rdquo;, when samples of approximately 50,000 residents of Tuticorin were compared to those in two adjoining districts. Yet, the National Green Tribunal felt that their investigation did not find any &amp;ldquo;scientific evidence&amp;rdquo; that suggested an increase in emissions from Sterlite Copper beyond the permitted amount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence

It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;monopoly of violence&amp;rdquo; by...&#039;
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-The Indian Express<br />
<br />
<em>Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence<br />
</em><br />
It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&rsquo;s &ldquo;monopoly of violence&rdquo; by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning.<br />
<br />
We all like to consider ourselves as beings who take pride in being more rational than emotional. This is also a default position we ideally want to juxtapose on our institutions &mdash; to not succumb to public sentiments and take objective and reasonable decisions. Yet, when the decision by the Tamil Nadu state government to close the plant appears to be a classic case of giving into public sentiments, most of us attribute to this decision a sense of &ldquo;reasonableness&rdquo;.<br />
<br />
What is at the heart of this &ldquo;reasonableness&rdquo;? The state government&rsquo;s declared reasoning behind the plant closure are &ldquo;environmental concerns&rdquo; and &ldquo;consideration of the interests and sentiments of people of Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)&rdquo;. It is evident that the latter concern overrides the former in the government&rsquo;s decision-making calculus. This is perfectly fine as long as it is not motivated by a desire to secure electoral gains, as opposed to being an expression of genuine concern for all the parties involved in the infrastructure project. However, such modes of reasoning still do not address why the concern only cropped up after a blatant display of power that led to 13 deaths. In other words, why is it that &ldquo;death&rdquo;, and that too in a visceral fashion, has become the primary motivator to exercise our conscience?<br />
<br />
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-The Indian Express<br />
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It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state&rsquo;s &ldquo;monopoly of violence&rdquo; by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning.<br />
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Moved by the spectacle -Sreejith Sugunan

-The Indian Express Closure of Sterlite plant says something about our collective morality: Death, violence move governments more than reason and evidence It took a brazen exercise of what sociologists since Max Weber refer to as the state’s “monopoly of violence” by Tamil Nadu authorities to bring our attention to a problem that had been affecting the local residents of Tuticorin for over two decades. Since this tragic incident, it took hardly a week for the state government to order the closure of Sterlite Copper, the copper smelter plant owned by the UK-based Vedanta Resources plc, though demands for its closure had started since its opening in 1994. While the shutdown of the plant may seem like a satisfactory conclusion for our faculties of moral judgement, this series of events should also serve as an opportunity to further question our own sense of conscience, and in turn, the basis of our moral reasoning. We all like to consider ourselves as beings who take pride in being more rational than emotional. This is also a default position we ideally want to juxtapose on our institutions — to not succumb to public sentiments and take objective and reasonable decisions. Yet, when the decision by the Tamil Nadu state government to close the plant appears to be a classic case of giving into public sentiments, most of us attribute to this decision a sense of “reasonableness”. What is at the heart of this “reasonableness”? The state government’s declared reasoning behind the plant closure are “environmental concerns” and “consideration of the interests and sentiments of people of Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)”. It is evident that the latter concern overrides the former in the government’s decision-making calculus. This is perfectly fine as long as it is not motivated by a desire to secure electoral gains, as opposed to being an expression of genuine concern for all the parties involved in the infrastructure project. However, such modes of reasoning still do not address why the concern only cropped up after a blatant display of power that led to 13 deaths. In other words, why is it that “death”, and that too in a visceral fashion, has become the primary motivator to exercise our conscience? Studies by the National Environmental Engineering Institute had initially pointed out instances of environmental violations by Sterlite Copper, which they later overturned. Another study by a group of researchers from Tirunelveli Medical College showed an “increased prevalence” of “respiratory diseases” and “ENT morbidity”, when samples of approximately 50,000 residents of Tuticorin were compared to those in two adjoining districts. Yet, the National Green Tribunal felt that their investigation did not find any “scientific evidence” that suggested an increase in emissions from Sterlite Copper beyond the permitted amount. Please click here to read more.