Harmonia Philosophica

Category: Values

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    Modern Icons: Rise quick, fall fast...

    The case of Oscar Pistorius [1] is not unique. Despite of whether he is found guilty or not, one thing is for sure: In an era of rush, we rush too much to declare someone a Saint. Maybe because we need them more than ever... Old scholars needed decades or even hundreds of years to be…

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    Saudi Arabia, Shura Council, judging...

    Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed 30 women to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council. [1] In the beginning I was ready to laugh at this news. Maybe write a provocative post to mock it too. But then it came to me. Who am I to judge another culture? Who am I to laugh at…

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    Torture, CIA & Art serving evil...

    Congress will investigate if CIA has given unauthorized access to classified material to the creators of the film Zero Dark Thirty, concerning torture practices used to extract information. (1) Genuine art is rare. Most of the times, art serves the ones in power. And once more, films of Holywood try to make us used to…

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