Duterte, The Pacifist, and The Just War Tradition
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is …
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Bringing back the “Holy Alliance of Throne and Altar” is deadly
The background The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the European nations that defeated Napoleon Bonaparte to establish a new balance of power in Europe and prevent a …
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Biases and prejudices rule our lives
“A major danger in using highly abstractive methods in political philosophy is that one will succeed merely in generalizing one’s own local prejudices and repackaging them as demands of reason. …
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Clickbait: Duterte Admin…a good time to kill
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, …
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Fatherhood, Duterte, and the Majapahit Empire
“Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one’s children.” — William Bennett On Fatherhood In the last 100 …
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Schadenfreude of the Elites: People who want Duterte to fail
Schadenfreude: Substantiv, feminin – boshafte Freude über das Missgeschick, Unglück eines andern. (Translation: Noun, feminine – malicious pleasure over the misfortune, mishap of someone else.)* An elite class that is …
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Human rights for hire
Human rights are universal, applying to all human beings, right? Poor, rich, criminals, police, politicians, businessmen, shop owners, workers, students: everyone is entitled to the recognition and respect of his/her …
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Raising the flag of righteous indignation
It really irks me no end to see and hear people judge others and label them as evil or bad, at the very least not good. So-called righteous people who …
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