- 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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- Income Inequality
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Why Do Countries Become/Remain Democracies? Or Don’t? (19): Psychological Reactions to the Threat of Disease
(source) There sure are many reasons why countries become or fail to become democracies. In this blog series I’ve mentioned climate, geography, inequality, external triggers, prosperity, religion, resources, education etc. An original approach to this question looks at psychological reactions … Continue reading
Human Rights Maps (137): The Demise of Traditional African Religions
Traditional African religions used to be adhered to by the majority of Africa’s population. However, colonialism and the rapid expansion of Christianity and Islam have had detrimental consequences for the indigenous African cultures, including religion. (Some would call it cultural … Continue reading
Human Rights Quote (82): Evolving Views on Poverty
(source) Some noteworthy historical quotes about poverty (I’m not vouching for their veracity): “The poor man [should] rest contented with that state or condition in which it hath pleased God to rank him”, Robert Moss, 18th century. “The poor are … Continue reading
Posted in economics, human rights quote, poverty
Tagged democratization, Gross domestic product, history, malthusian trap, ngram, progress, quotes, Thomas Malthus, urbanization
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Political Graffiti (140): Self-Censorship
(source, source) More on self-censorship and free speech. More Blu here and here. More political graffiti here.
Posted in art, political graffiti
Tagged blu, free speech, graffiti, self-censorship, street art
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What is Equality? (3): Equality of Rights
Equality of what? There’s hardly a more confusing philosophical question. This is my attempt at sorting things out. I apologize for the length of this post, but there’s a lot to digest. Equality of resources A well-known problem with theories … Continue reading
