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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Statistical Jokes (16): Statistics on the Skill-Luck Continuum
There’s something to this one, although I wouldn’t say statistics are merely a tiny fraction better than gambling and pure chance (but don’t ask me the size of the real fraction): (source) More statistical jokes here. More serious stuff about … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, statistical jokes
Tagged humor, joke, luck, skills, statistics, stats
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LGBT Rights (10): Increasing Numbers of People Live in Jurisdictions Where Same-Sex Marriage is Legal
(source, source, these numbers do not include domestic partnerships and other arrangements that are somewhat equivalent to, but clearly distinguished from, marriage) It’s only a small percentage – about 3.7 – of the total global population, but the increase is … Continue reading
What is a Moral Dilemma?
We have a long running series on this blog asking people to tell us what they think about particular moral dilemmas. However, since this is (in part) a philosophy blog, it’s useful to take a step back and ask ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in moral dilemmas, philosophy
Tagged balancing rights, choice, duty, espistemic dilemma, ethics, hiroshima, human rights, Jean-Paul Sartre, knowledge, moral dilemma, morality, Nazi concentration camps, obligaton, plato, sartre, sophie's choice, types of moral dilemmas, value pluralism, Value theory
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Political Graffiti (114): The People Shall Govern
(source, source) More about popular sovereignty. More political graffiti.
Posted in art, political graffiti
Tagged democracy, graffiti, popular sovereignty, street art, urban art
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Ironic Human Rights Violations (5): When Violating a Right is Better Than Respecting It
When child labor isn’t directly coerced and isn’t a form of slavery one can reasonably argue that the children in question are better off than if international pressure or legislation leads to the eradication of child labor. After all, it … Continue reading
Crime and Human Rights (10): Does Being Tough on Crime Reduce Crime?
The human right issues created by incarceration are evident, I think: locking people up means taking away a number if not most of their liberties, most obviously their freedom of movement, freedom to work, political freedom in some cases, and … Continue reading
Posted in data, freedom, human rights and crime, human rights violations, justice, law, privacy, statistics
Tagged crime, Crime and Justice, forced labor, human rights, incarceration, juvenile incarceration, Law & Order, law and order, Mandatory sentencing, prison, prison abuse, prison conditions, prison rape, punishment, rehabilitation, war on drugs
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (59): Stoning
When stonings happen, how do they work? First, you get buried. Iran’s Islamic Penal Code states that men convicted of adultery are to be buried in the ground up to their waists; women, up to their chests. If the conviction … Continue reading
Posted in horror, human rights violations, law, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged adultery, crime, iran, middle east, punishment, sharia, stoning
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The Environment and Human Rights (4): A Right to Water
The United Nations General Assembly recently voted in favor of an international human right to water. It’s only appropriate that people have a right to the most basic resource. Only a few countries (e.g. South Africa) have already instituted this … Continue reading
Posted in data, economics, health, human rights and the environment, law, poverty
Tagged Drinking water, free market, price, privatization, right to water, water, water crisis, Water Resources, water shortage, Water supply
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The Causes of Poverty (39): The Bee Sting Theory of Poverty
(This is a follow-up from two previous posts, here and here). Why are people poor? A cursory investigation almost always blames the poor for their own poverty. Poor people seems to make stupid choices all of the time. They are … Continue reading
Human Rights Ads (54): Homelessness
(source) More on homelessness and on the recession. More human rights ads. Related Articles Calif. Senate OKs homeless civil rights protection (sfgate.com) Killings Of Homeless Hit Highest Level In A Decade (huffingtonpost.com) Hate crimes against the homeless | Sadhbh Walshe … Continue reading
Posted in economics, housing, human rights ads, poverty
Tagged ad, advert, advertising, Affordable housing, homelessness, human rights, human rights ad, shelter
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