- This is Filip Spagnoli's blog, which is mainly about human rights - including political and economic human rights such as the right to participate in government (democracy being a subset of human rights) and the right not to suffer poverty - seen from the perspective of politics, art, philosophy (hence p.a.p.), law, economics, statistics, psychology etc.
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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Human Rights Stories (16): The Pit and the Pendulum
Excerpt from The Pit and the Pendulum, by Edgar Allen Poe: I was sick — sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses … Continue reading
Posted in art, horror, human rights story
Tagged dungeon, Edgar Allen Poe, human rights, inquisition, story, the pit and the pendulum, torture
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The Ethics of Human Rights (45): Is There A Right To Do Wrong?
(source) Absolutely, there is. People have a right to vote for incompetent politicians; to express hatred; to organize hate groups; to insult and mock people; to burn books etc. All of these things are wrong in most plausible conceptions of … Continue reading
Posted in ethics of human rights, philosophy
Tagged book burning, ethics, hate, hate groups, hate speech, human rights, human wrongs, insult, legal positivism, martin luther king, morality, right to do wrong, rights, wrong
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Human Rights Maps (132): Democracy, the Difference Between Self-Identification and Reality
First, if you doubt that democracy is a human rights issue, go here. The following map shows the countries of the world that self-identify as a democracy in green, and the tiny minority that doesn’t in red (Vatican, Saudi Arabia, … Continue reading
Human Rights Facts (61): The Inadequacy of the U.S. Poverty Line
I’ve mentioned some of the problems with the U.S. system of poverty measurement before, but this is much more eloquent: (source, source; the “savings” requirement covers retirement and emergencies and is included because the study wanted to capture economic stability … Continue reading
The Causes of Wealth Inequality (18): Government Backed Corporate Expropriation
(source) Consider these two commonly accepted ideas: the interests of business and government are incompatible: business wants as little government as possible, and government wants to regulate and tax business for the common good wealth or income inequality is to … Continue reading
