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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Why Do We Need Human Rights? (15): Is Human Rights Talk Mere Signaling?
There’s certainly a lot of signaling going on in human rights talk. People who engage in human rights talk don’t necessarily have as a first priority the goal of improving respect for human rights, but rather want to convey some … Continue reading
The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (55): Saudi Women Threaten to Breastfeed Drivers if They Aren’t Allowed to Drive
Many were stunned when Saudi cleric Sheik Abdel Mohsen Obeikan recently issued a fatwa, or Islamic ruling, calling on women to give breast milk to their male colleagues or men they come into regular contact with so as to avoid … Continue reading
The Ethics of Human Rights (33): Different Types of Justice and the Link to Equality
(source, some people are still looking for their size) What I want to do here is list some of the types of justice that are commonly identified, and see how they are connected to the concept of equality in order to … Continue reading
Posted in equality, ethics of human rights, justice, law, philosophy, poverty, work
Tagged basic needs, contributive justice, corrective justice, criminal justice, desert, deterrence, distributions, distributive justice, divine justice, fair trial, fairness, harm, lex talionis, merit, poetic justice, procedural justice, reparations, social justice, transgenerational justice, truth commissions, types of justice
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (90): Israel and Palestine
A Jew walks into a bar. He goes and sits at the table at which he and his family have been sitting forever. Suddenly a Palestinian comes in and says, “I thought that was my table.” The Jew says, “Oh, … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged humor, israel, jew, jews, joke, palestine
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Human Rights Maps (89): Income Inequality
(source, click on the image to enlarge) Other maps and some statistics on income inequality. More on the Gini-coefficient (the little triangular graphs in this map). More here on the reason why income inequality is a human rights issue. More … Continue reading
Posted in economics, equality, human rights maps, poverty
Tagged data, Gini, Gini coefficient, income inequality, map, mapping, maps, measurement, statistics
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Human Rights Ads (50): Stoning
(source, source) More on stoning here, here and here. More human rights ads here.
Why Do Countries Become/Remain Democracies? Or Don’t? (13): Prosperity
I already mentioned in a previous post how democracy is correlated with prosperity. There’s a much higher proportion of democracies among rich countries than among poor countries. The level of national income is the most important factor explaining inter-country variations … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (105): War
(source) More on war. More political graffiti.
Annals of Heartlessness (2): Tax Evasion What For?
According to [a] Bloomberg story, Mr Lampert is worth $3 billion. If he earns just 1% per year on that fortune—and he certainly earns much more—then he takes home $30 million in income. Per year. That’s 600 times the median … Continue reading
Posted in annals of heartlessness, justice, poverty
Tagged charity, greed, heartlessness, philanthropy, taxation, taxes, taxing the rich
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