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Earthquake and the finger of blame
‘An act of God caused the earthquake in Turkey – murderous corruption caused so many deaths’ writes Constanze Letsch in the Guardian. Good point. Without the corruption, the earthquakes wouldn’t have killed people. But our culture prefers to blame ‘acts … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Ethics, Society
Tagged Act of God, Earthquake, Francis Bacon, nature, progress, Syria, the Fall, Turkey
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War. What fun!
More air strikes. America attacks. Britain and France meekly follow Trump’s lead. Britain’s four RAF Tornados may not be the biggest part of the initiative, but it means we’re metooing. Most of the public discourse is about surface isssues: who … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Society
Tagged air strikes, bombing, politics, Syria, war
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If we had a civil war, would we want Syria to bomb us?
Should Britain go ahead with air strikes in Syria? The House of Commons is likely to vote on it soon. What divides us is our gut feelings and value judgements. Since our society is hopelessly bad at thinking through its … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics
Tagged air strikes, Daesh, international ethics, ISIL, ISIS, Syria, war
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