Universal Human Rights in theory & practice by jack Donnelly tries to grapple with different aspects of human rights, and he does so quite successfully.
Donnelly takes a universalist, but minimalist position on human rights, arguing that human rights are universal, but that different ways of implementation leaves room for cultural impact. He denies, however, that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Philosophy’
9 Sep
Universal Human Rights
3 Jul
Sovereignty and the UFO
I haven’t read a single piece by Alexander Wendt that was boring or not original… and he has done it again. In a 2008 paper (how could I miss it until now?) Wendt and Duvall show how sovereignty is the reason why authorities are not funding UFO research. Quickly summarised, the argument goes:
There is both [...]
22 Jun
You matter
When you love the work you do and the people you do it with, you matter.
When you are so gracious and generous and aware that you think of other people before yourself, you matter.
When you leave the world a better place than you found it, you matter.
When you continue to raise the bar on what [...]
12 Jun
Religion and humanity
I’ve often been thinking about religion since I took a class on Pentecostalism last semester. Just to jot down some of my thoughts on a Friday night…
A friend sent me this link to a survey made by the Swedish Humanists. The web address translates to ‘God doesn’t exist,’ and this together with ‘God does exist’ [...]
