Taking the self out of self-rule

Many philosophers believe that agents are self-ruled only when ruled by their (authentic) selves. Though this view is rarely argued for explicitly, one tempting line of thought suggests that self-rule is just obviously equivalent to rule by the self. However, the plausibility of this thought evaporates upon close examination of the logic of ‘self-rule’ and similar reflexives. Moreover, attempts to rescue the account by recasting it in negative terms are unpromising. In light of these problems, this paper instead proposes that agents are self-ruled only when not ruled by others. One reason for favouring this negative social view is its ability to yield plausible conclusions concerning various manipulation cases that are notoriously problematic for nonsocial accounts of self-rule. A second reason is that the account conforms with ordinary usage. It is concluded that self-rule may be best thought of as an essentially social concept

Prospects of Nickel—Chromium—Cobalt Bearing Magnetite Ore Deposit of Nagaland

Magnetite is one of the two major ore minerals of iron. It is a heavy black mineral with its characteristic metallic lusture and widely accepted as a viable and high quality feedstack for the production of premium quality, low impurity steel. The trend of Indian iron ore reserves(1) from 1980 onwards is shown in Fig. 1. The hematite ore reserves are 14630 million tonnes and that of magnetite ore 10619 million tonnes