Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Who is Juan Guaidó?
Juan Guaidó looks set to become the next President of Venezuela. Having risen from obscurity to the upper ranks of the country’s National Assembly and leader of the opposition, he now declares himself to be Venezuela’s interim president, opposing the leadership of the incumbent president, Nicolás Maduro. Whilst Guaidó appears to be the Obama of…
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Fukuyama, Mearsheimer or Huntington, who was right? Who was wrong?
We are proud to welcome Benjamin Smith to the team here at BSW. He will be contributing articles on Politics with an emphasis on International Political Theory. On behalf of us here, we hope you enjoy his work. Best, Isocrates II Chief Editor and Founder at BSW The end…
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My Thoughts On Peter Singer in “Famine Affluence and Morality”
The following critically evaluates Peter Singer’s essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” by considering three of Singer’s fundamental but inter-related assumptions. Two of these – geographic location; and the role of the individual versus that of the group in moral terms – are critically evaluated, noting that these are not as clear-cut in moral terms as…
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The Democratic Crisis in Poland
BSW is proud to announce its latest member George R. Jackson as part of its team. We hope you enjoy their debut article. Be sure to like, share and subscribe for more content! Polish democracy is under threat and few people seem to be concerned about it. Polish democracy is under threat and few people…
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An Act of Solidarity and Kindness.
While walking home in a suburb of Athens I found myself struck by what I saw. This happened only the other day, after Christmas, and it seemed to open my eyes to what Humanity is capable of. Before I begin depicting what occurred let me set the context. Greece, in case many of my readers…
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What Fukuyama got right.
“An end has been put to the ‘Cold War,’ … The threat of a world war is no more” highlighted the end of a bipolar world in place since 1945. In this context, international relations experts sought to explain how the transformation of the post-Cold War world. The claims represented by Mearsheimer in ‘Back To…
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Emerging From the Crowd
Nothing would ever be the same for him. Seeing her made him realise the meaning of existing. He had emerged from the crowd accepting his strengths and his weaknesses, all so that he could be noticed, by her. “She was far from ordinary. I mean not to imply any negative sense of the term when…
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The Fall: A recent dream
They had made it to the top, together. Holding her hand he inhaled savouring the moment for what it was. The journey to the summit had drained him of his normal physical capacities, rendering him fatigued mentally as well as physically. Yet, here they were. The view from above was beyond majestic. The grey clouds…
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In Defence of Human Rights.
Recent events in current affairs have shown how world leaders have failed to uphold human right regulations per the UN human rights charter, on the basis that they are culturally inappropriate, or eroding the sovereignty of their respective nation-states. As such, I feel it necessary to remind my readers, and myself above all (!), why…
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A word on nuclear peace.
Citing Hindu scripture, Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the nuclear “Manhattan Project”, upon viewing the first Nuclear weapon test, lamented that “..the world would not be the same … a few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.” The following asserts the theory of Nuclear Peace but concludes it is flawed regarding…
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