By Mark Bahnisch on January 17, 2009
There’s an interesting debate proceeding on a post by Jason Wilson at gatewatching on Katherine Wilson’s hoaxing of Keith Windschuttle and Quadrant [previous LP posts here]. I think there’s some useful clarification of some of the ethical issues in the [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on January 7, 2009
On the first thread here about the Israeli attacks on Gaza, I was struck by this comment in an article linked by Rob: Even when development and enlightenment stare them in the face, their instinct is to destroy them pretending [...]
Posted in Blogging, Crime, Disasters, Ethics, History, Imperialism, International, Law, Middle East, Nuclear, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Terrorism, War | Tagged Arabs, attacks, categorical imperative, Cold War, conflict resolution, Ethics, Farid Ghatry, Gaza, global sociology, Hamas, Hizbollah, humanism, humanitarian war, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, peace, peace movement, political imaginary, political philosophy, political sociology, responsibility to protect, RTP, Sociology, UN, universalism, universals and particulars, War |
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