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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Political Graffiti (162): Shake Off Female Objectification
(source) More on objectification. More political graffiti.
Posted in art, political graffiti
Tagged dolk, feminism, graffiti, objectification, politics, sexual objectification, street art
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Capital Punishment (38): The Truth About the Deterrent Effect
If I didn’t manage to convince you of the stupidity of deterrent talk in my two previous posts (here and here), then neither will I manage today. Still, I’m a hopeless optimist by nature, so I’ll try anyway. A vital … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, data, law
Tagged cost-benefit, crime, death penalty, deterrence, human rights, rationality
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Human Rights Maps (154): Journalists in Prison
(source, where you can find an interactive version of the map with precise country data) Another version is here: (source, where you can also find an interactive version of the map with precise country data) Those numbers seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in data, human rights maps, photography and journalism
Tagged arbitrary arrest, human rights, incarceration, journalism, maps
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The Ethics of Human Rights (53): Some Problems With Theories of Justice That Are Based on Desert
(source) Some theories of justice claim that justice is mainly about giving people (or letting people keep) what they deserve. These theories are opposed to other types of theories about justice, such as those that claim that people should have … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (161): Mushroom Cloud
(source, artist unknown) (source) (source, by Hutch) More on nuclear weapons here and here. More political graffiti here.
Posted in activism, art, horror, political graffiti, war
Tagged atomic weapons, graffiti, Mushroom Cloud, nuclear, nuclear weapons
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Racism (22): Implicit Racism in Criminal Justice
(source) Being less than white in the US is not an asset when you’re in court, in more than one sense. It’s well known that black defendants face prejudice in the criminal justice system. There’s in fact a double injustice … Continue reading
Posted in data, law, racism
Tagged criminal justice, human rights, humanity, implicit racism, judges, Race and Racism, racism
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Human Rights Maps (153): Female Life Expectancy in the U.S.
Although national rates of life expectancy for American men and women have risen over the last two decades, women in many parts of the U.S. are now living less long than 25 years ago: (source, click image to enlarge) This … Continue reading
Posted in data, health, human rights maps
Tagged gender equality, human rights, life expectancy, lifestyle, United States
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What Are Human Rights? (31): Instrumental and Not Fundamental Moral Principles
It may come as a surprise to regular readers of this blog, but human rights are not fundamental moral principles. That doesn’t mean they are unimportant. On the contrary. There’s a difference between important and fundamental. I wouldn’t be writing … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, what are human rights
Tagged consequentialism, deontology, ethics, fundamental values, human rights, instrumental, morality, privacy, utilitarianism
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (87): You Can’t Do What I told You to Do
(source) Critics say that as part of the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, officers routinely tell suspects to empty their pockets and then, if marijuana is displayed, arrest them for having the drugs in public view, thereby pushing thousands of people … Continue reading
Posted in law, most absurd human rights violations
Tagged absurd, banksy, frisk, human rights, marijuana, police, war on drugs
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The Causes of Wealth Inequality (20): Weak or Declining Unionization, Ctd.
(source) Not all countries where income levels are very unequal are also countries where labor unions are weak or in decline; but some are, notably the U.S. For that reason, and because labor unions are generally regarded as forces advocating … Continue reading
Posted in causes of income inequality, equality
Tagged income inequality, trade unions, union membership, unionization
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