Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slavery. Show all posts
Saturday, January 17, 2026

What was wrong with the Washington Consensus?

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  Just as I was reading the final chapters of William Easterly’s book, Violent Saviours : The West, the Rest, and Capitalism Without Consent...
Friday, December 19, 2025

What did Aristotle have to say about mortality?

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  I had not thought much about what Aristotle had to say about mortality before reading the chapter on mortality in Edith Hall’s book, Arist...
Monday, January 8, 2024

Was British colonial government as bad as modern critics would have us believe?

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  Nigel Biggar acknowledges that British colonialism contained evils and injustices, but he judges it to have been much better than its mode...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

How is it possible to believe in both right to life and freedom to choose?

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  The ongoing public debate between “right to life” and “freedom to choose” advocates, seems to be falsely suggesting that a choice must be ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

What is it important to know about freedom, liberty and natural rights?

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Dear readers, this article summarises the conclusions of a series of recent posts on this blog relating to freedom, liberty and natural...
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Friday, August 9, 2019

How could the great philosopher of human flourishing endorse slavery?

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Aristotle (384-322 BCE) was the great philosopher of human flourishing. He argued that although health, wealth, honour, pleasure etc. ma...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

Was individual liberty discussed as a political ideal in the ancient world?

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“There seems to be scarcely any discussion of individual liberty as a conscious political ideal (as opposed to its actual existence) in th...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Why do many individuals voluntarily moderate their contributions to global environmental problems?

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I think serious consideration should be given to the question of why many individuals voluntarily moderate their own contributions to ...