Philosophy Wire: Justice, fears, the right to die...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-12-13]: US top court rejects a pre-abortion ultrasound case. [1] Justice is about laws. Laws are the crystallized views of society on things. How can there be "justice" for things we are still... "thinking" about? What has happened to us? We used to think about the right to life. How have we come to defend so rigorously the right to death? Sometimes the judge must do what others are afraid to do. Sometimes justice is about setting directions when everyone else is lost...

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Philosophy Wire: Wishes, judges, decisions…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-06-13]: An American court refuses to release a suspect even after he paid bail. (actually the judge wished that this American Arab could not pay 2 million dollars, but Saudi Arabia did) [1] How many times haven't we all made our actions dependent of our wishes or our judgment, instead of our beliefs?

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-16]: ... [1] Silence can say a lot of things… Oups! I am waffling again!

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Philosophy Wire: Oath, atheists, hypocrisy, shouting…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-03]: A bunch of people (literally) is suing Greece to the European Court for violation of human rights, due to the fact that witnesses have to swear in the Holy Gospels. They claim that not all people are Christians and, thus, this practice is problematic and against objectivity and human rights. [source: web news] Atheists are a minority that is too loud for its size. Yes, they have rights. No one has denied them that. That is why, according to Greek Law, witnesses which are not Christians can say an oath to their Honour instead of the Gospels. Having said this, one can clearly see that their goal is not to protect any "right", since non is threatened in the first place. Their goal is to impose their opinion on the majority. Minority oppression is a trend lately...

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Philosophy Wire: European Courts, UCK and why Justice = Politics.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-11-29]: A UN war crimes court, the International criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, acquitted Ramus Haradinaj, former Kosovan prime minister and member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK), of war crimes committed during Kosovo's independence war (1998-1999) after a retrial in The Hague. Serbia reacted intensively, protesting for the Court being prejudiced against her. [source: web news] Once again, an international court shows how Justice is a synonym of Politics… Φεῦ ὦ Εὐρώπη!

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Philosophy Wire: Kenya and the hypocricy of International (US) Justice

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-04-07]: Some Kenyan politicians are facing charges before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity [source: CNN Edition]. "International (US) Justice has lately become increasingly involved in political disputes, electoral outcomes, or who should be empowered in a country. Of course, always the "wrong election results" happen in African countries. Certainly no reason for "interference" in countries like the U.S. or Italy. There everything is always "legal" and "for humanity"...

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