National borders First thing that has to be grasped. Fixed borders between countries seem to be a relatively recent development. In ‘olden days’ people would cross from one country, or duchy or whatever, to another...
Read MoreI’ve never been that fond of legitimacy as a concept, partly because it often seems too simple to deal with really complicated situations. The idea of delegitimation processes being mutually connected with legitimation...
Read MoreI shall argue that ethical questions are vital but fundamentally irresolvable and so the questions become: How do people build and reinforce an ethical system? How does, or to what extent does, that system affect human life?How...
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I have just finished reading Rutger Bregman’s book Humankind. It is quite simply well worth...
Read MoreDo many people primarily think logically, rather than emotionally? Readers may remember David Hume’s comment to the effect that reason is the slave of the passions. I suspect he may be right. In other words, we think to justify...
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