Philosophy Wire: Environment. Human right. In a void world. (and only in this case)

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-08-08]: Dutch court ordered state to reduce emissions by 25% within five years to protect its citizens from climate change in world’s first climate liability suit brought under human rights and tort law. [1] We consider the world soulless. And in such a world a “good environment” is a “right”. A right of soulless people against other soulless objects. A legal construct which hides in an elegant way our voidness. We are the souls of the universe. And yet we ask for “rights” in relation to it’s soulless part…

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Philosophy Wire: Stolen art, Nazis, Law…

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-08-07]:

Art stolen. Laws changed to make it legal.

A war lost.

Winners change the law.

Art returned.  [1]
Winners take art as reprisal.
This art cannot be returned. [2]

Might is law. This is the only Law.

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Philosophy Wire: Antigua, copy right, Port Royal…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-27]: Antigua is seeking permission to run a website that sells music, movies and software - but ignores copyright law. [source: BBC News] Like the old era of pirates in the Caribbean, small states are always a refuge of the outlaws. And how “unlawful” is that is determined by no one else than the powerful who set the laws…

 

Economy is based on the protection of property. But in order to have the right for your property to be protected, some basic conditions must be met.

 

Should a Britney Spears song be protected by copyright laws? For me, people who download her songs should be put to jail for lack of taste. Not for copyright infringement.

 

Should Star Wars be protected by copyright laws? Yes. How could we have the next Star Wars if the owners of the movie do not get nothing out of the previous one? (something which does not apply to Britney Spears: who cares if we do not have new songs from that singer)

 

Should Harmonia Philosophica articles be protected by copyright laws? No, because I do not want to. You can buy them as a book at Amazon, but you can read them free here as well.

 

Should Aristotle books be protected by copyright? No, but who would quote Aristotle without mentioning him as a source?

 

Copyright and respect (on which the copyright is based) are EARNED, not imposed.

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Philosophy Wire: China, Syria, Russia, primitives…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-05-02]: Western world is “angry” about the decision of China and Russia to veto a UN Security Council resolution on Syria sanctions [source: CNN News]. I suppose those two great countries should just say “Yes” to anything US and UK need in an attempt to enslave themselves under our “civilized” boot of war… Our mania of imposing our way of thinking to the others is now at a critical point: and China and Russia are the only ones standing between civilization and the return to primitiveness…

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Philosophy Wire: Gaddafi is dead, so is hope…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-10-20]: Gaddafi was killed and ugly pictures of his body mistreatment went around the world [source: web news]. “But he was a dictator” someone might say. “But he killed so many people” another might argue. And every time a citizen of the western world refers to another excuse for the brutal interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign Muslim state, hope for peace will be getting weaker and weaker…

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Philosophy Wire: Israel, commandos and the Blockade…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-07-20]: Israeli commandos have boarded a ship that attempted to break the Gaza blockade [source: BBC News]. The power of the State has always been an important issue of discussion regarding international Law. What determines the limits of this power? Is it only Force, or a sense of Universal underlying law which – based on the virtue of “Right vs Wrong” – dictates a state’s legal actions? How can an action of isolating some people from the rest of the world be legal?

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Philosophy Wire: US, Sudan, Law and God…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-06-27]: Omar al-Bashir , the President of Sudan, will visit China despite the pending warrant against him issued by the International Criminal Court for genocide[source: BBC News]. This was the first time a warrant was issued against an active head of state. Law was once the law of God. Now it is the law of US…

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Philosophy Wire: 5 years to Nazi for 27900 murders, 20 years to Indian for insider trading. Not bad…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-12]: A man who worked in a Nazi concentration camp was sentenced to 5 years sentence after trial in the U.S. [source: CNN News]. Five years in prison for 27,900 murders isn't that bad… In ancient Athens lawmaker Dracon (Gr. Δράκων) imposed the death penalty for the offence of… being lazy and now one human life is “worth” a sentence of 5/27900 years… On the other an Indian millionaire faces 20 years in prison for insider trading accusations [source: CNN Money News]. Modern society has shown clearly its priorities…

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