Philosophy
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To put it simply, President Barack Obama’s administration has inherited the neoconservative
philosophy
of regime change in the Middle East.
Its focus on “discipline” reflects, first and foremost, a predisposition embedded in Germany’s culture and universities to link economics with moral
philosophy.
In lieu of Erhard's so-called ordoliberalism – in which the state lays the groundwork for a functioning market economy by actively managing the legal environment – the economic strategy pursued by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has been haphazard, driven more by political expediency than by any underlying
philosophy.
It is also possible that China’s current rulers, whose families have grown rich through political favors, are convinced students of Confucian
philosophy.
The Kismet of Basic ScienceSTANFORD – The British journalist Matt Ridley is usually an insightful commenter on the
philosophy
and practice of science.
Netanyahu’s Border WarTEL AVIV – Binyamin Netanyahu’s furious rejection of US President Barack Obama’s proposal to use the 1967 borders as the basis for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute – frontiers that he called “utterly indefensible” – reflects not only the Israeli prime minister’s poor statesmanship, but also his antiquated military
philosophy.
To be fair, such an existential
philosophy
was not the right’s monopoly.
Begin with a little political
philosophy.
The
philosophy
of sumud is rooted in Palestinians’ implacable belief in the righteousness of their cause and the justness of their methods.
Russia’s insistence on a balance of power approach, and its mercantilist geopolitical philosophy, is stimulating the re-nationalization of the foreign policy of EU member states.
Of course, the differences between France and Germany extend beyond economic philosophy, to actual performance.
Ukraine’s success will mark the political death of Putinism, that squalid
philosophy
of “KGB Capitalists.”
Its conservative
philosophy
has consistently failed to produce economic growth, and the benefits of what growth has occurred have disproportionately gone to the wealthy.
The Kaliningrad-issue should be regarded as a litmus test of the seriousness of the whole
philosophy
behind the EU's Northern Dimension .
The European Central Bank is probably the most perfect expression of this
philosophy.
So the EU’s continuing commitment to a
philosophy
of open trade, globalization, and carbon reduction could be sufficient to prevent a paradigm shift toward protectionism and climate-change denial that seemed almost inevitable with Trump’s election.
(I know of one who was prompted to do so by a
philosophy
class discussion of “Famine, Affluence, and Morality.”)
A national dialogue about fostering pluralism is now in progress, and has inspired renewed public interest in Pancasila, the national
philosophy
discredited during the Suharto years but now seen by some as a symbol of Indonesia’s historic pluralism.
Their position goes beyond political
philosophy.
In both the hostile and the celebratory use of the word, totalitarianism was intended to describe a movement that embraced all aspects of life in what purported to be a coherent
philosophy
of politics, economics, and society.
In 2008, a Princeton University graduate student in
philosophy
named Russell Nieli gave a talk at the Princeton Center for Jewish Life that was so well received that he later expanded it into an article for the US-based magazine Tikkun, founded by Rabbi Michael Lerner.
The conundrum that advisers to authoritarian regimes face is akin to a long-standing problem in moral
philosophy
known as the dilemma of “dirty hands.”
It was a remarkably enlightened and progressive document, composed by learned scholars, steeped in history, law, and
philosophy.
With remarkable clarity, his popular writings advanced a compelling political philosophy, together with concrete policy proposals.
Juche is autarky raised to the level of
philosophy.
By contrast, someone adopting an existentialist
philosophy
along the lines of Jean-Paul Sartre or Simone de Beauvoir might believe that because “existence precedes essence,” we are radically free to shape our lives according to our own choices, and do not need God to help us along.
Defenders of the program point out that it is consistent with current law and with America’s constitutional
philosophy
of checks and balances, because both the legislative and judicial branches approved it.
As the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch writes in A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, the two centuries before Luther featured near-constant challenges to papal supremacy on issues of philosophy, theology, and politics.
Her husband, Jonathan Bennett, a retired
philosophy
professor, and her children supported her decision, but she refused to allow them to assist her suicide in any way, as doing so would have exposed them to the risk of a 14-year prison sentence.
As a concerned Australian and a
philosophy
professor working on the ethics of our treatment of animals, I made a submission.
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