Lee Kuan Yew's article in Straits times

I would like to refer to the article written by our minister mentor in Straits Times.
In the article, he mentioned about the need for the Chinese to change their thrifty habits. In their culture, they are encouraged to save their money for 'rainy days'. Why do I make this claim? In the Chinese history, during times of disasters, the civilians often find themselves being alienated by the government for it is extremely difficult to obtain financial backing from the central government. Ergo, it is imperative for the people to stash away some of their money, and not spend all their money on material needs instead. However, change they must, since the global economy depends substantially on the rising dragon to drag the world out of the economic slump. If the world economy were to start functioning again, China would certainly serve as one of the most important catalysts.

But, when all is said and done, even though China might be one of the important players for the decoupling effect, America must also do their part for they are still biggest consumer on the earth judging by GDP alone.

Immanuel Kant VS Utiliarianism

Today, I'm going to express my view on these 2 terms again. Just now, I chanced upon an intriguing article in my AS textbook- A terrorist plants an atomic bomb in a place that is unknown to anyone. And this bomb is going to explode in a few days' time.In addition, this explosion would most certainly claim the lives of millions of people.
After days of intensive search for the terrorist, he is finally caught. One worrying thing to note- notwithstanding pleading with him repeatedly to disclose the whereabouts of the bomb, he simply refused to bulge on his position.

My question to you is, will you approve the use of torture which could potentially salvage the lives of millions of people? On the one hand, torturing has always been perceived as an act that is distasteful and inhumane, but on the other hand, it could be use in this case to save millions of lives. I would like to propose to you on the tools for managing this problem- analysis by implementing both categorical imperative and utilitarianism concepts.