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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Political Graffiti (54): Subvert Consensus
(source) More on consensus.
Limiting Free Speech (32): Hate Speech in Canada
(source) In Canadian law and jurisprudence, the definition of hate speech as a form of speech that falls outside the protection of the right to free speech, is quite different from the definition in the U.S. And quite different as … Continue reading
Gender Discrimination (16): Sexual Violence in South Africa
(source) Shocking numbers from The Guardian: One in four men in South Africa have admitted to rape, according to a study that exposes the country’s endemic culture of sexual violence. … Almost half who said they had carried out a … Continue reading
Posted in gender discrimination, health, statistics
Tagged aids, HIV, human rights, human rights facts, rape, sex, sexual violence, south africa, statistics, violence, violence against women, women's rights
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Human Rights Ads (21): Homelessness
(source) More on homelessness here and here.
Posted in housing, human rights ads
Tagged ad, advert, homelessness, housing, human rights, human rights ad, politics, shelter
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The Ethics of Human Rights (18): A Right to End Your Life
(source) There’s currently some controversy over the Swiss Dignitas clinic where people can receive help in their attempt to end their own lives. This is reminiscent of the controversy surrounding “Doctor Death”, Jack Kevorkian, in the U.S. some time ago, and the Oregon … Continue reading
Posted in ethics of human rights, freedom, health, philosophy
Tagged assisted suicide, euthanasia, morality, philosophy, property, right to die, right to life, self-determination, suicide
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Human Rights Cartoon (57): Tolerating Intolerance?
(source) Should we tolerate intolerance? Find out here.
Posted in culture, discrimination and hate, human rights cartoon, work
Tagged cartoon, culture, human rights, human rights cartoon, intolerance, tolerance
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Income Inequality (16b): Its Moral Significance
(source) Will Wilkinson’s recent paper on income inequality argues that it’s an overrated problem (see also here). Before I deal with his arguments in detail, a quick reminder of my personal views on income inequality. From the point of view of … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, education, equality, health, income inequality, justice, philosophy, poverty
Tagged economics, equality, equality of opportunity, human rights, income, income inequality, morality, party financing, political equality, redistribution, social mobility, spreading the wealth around, wealth
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What is Democracy? (44): Less Repression
In previous posts in this series, I made the theoretical argument in favor of a strong link between democracy and human rights (see here, here and here). In a paper called “Measuring the Democracy-Repression Nexus“, David A. Armstrong makes the … Continue reading
Political Artist (27): Luba Lukova
(source, source) More on censorship. More on the freedom of the press.
Posted in art, freedom, political artist
Tagged art, censorship, free press, political artist
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