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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Human Rights and International Law (21): Human Rights and the Irrelevance of the Law
If you want to promote respect for human rights you’re likely to turn to the law, and not just any law: human rights are usually if not always included in constitutions and in the human rights treaties that countries have … Continue reading
Posted in human rights and international law, human rights violations, international relations, intervention, law, philosophy
Tagged activist judges, double standards, honor, human rights, indeterminacy, irrelevance of the law, judges, judiciary, justice, legal skepticism, woodrow wilson
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Human Rights Maps (170): Hate Crime Rates
(source) What drives hate crime? Some say it’s poverty, and this seems to be corroborated by the following map: (source) On the other hand, the data here paint a different picture. More data on hate crime here. More hate crime … Continue reading
Human Rights and Anarchism
(source) At first sight, anarchism is an attractive theory for proponents of human rights. It’s often the state that violates human rights and getting rid of the state would therefore automatically and drastically reduce the number of rights violations. However, … Continue reading
Posted in freedom, law, philosophy
Tagged human rights, free market, anarchy, anarchism, calvin and hobbes, free riding, public goods, monopolies, private security
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Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (111): The Dangers of Morality
(source) I argued before that morality can be and often has been the cause of a lot of evil in the world. The conviction of knowing what is good and right can lead to violent coercion of others who don’t … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, political jokes and funny quotes
Tagged Eric Fischl, george carlin, humor, joke, masturbation, morality, quote, violence
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Income Inequality, New Paper
I’ve posted a new paper on income inequality here: Maybe this is good timing on my part, with Obama being accused of “class war”, Romney paying ridiculously little in taxes, the Occupy movement and the 99 percenters still going strong (I … Continue reading
