500 MY READERS ARE NOT INNOCENT; THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TRUE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH.
-“If it is possible to live without writing, do it.” (Gabriel Garcia Marquez quoting Reiner Maria Rilke) -I think a writer writes only one book,
499. EVERY GENERATION HAS AN EQUAL RIGHT TO ENJOY OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. (George Monbiot)
Human rights: Food for an insufficiently cared-for thought ‘The rights of nature’ Human Rights Reader 499 1. What Monbiot highlights and reminds us-of calls for some serious questions: • Can…
498. DISEASE IS AN INALIENABLE FACT OF LIFE, BUT LACK OF ACCESS TO ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE IS NOT.
Human rights: Food for a non-charitable thought ‘Access to health’ Human Rights Reader 498 -Coverage is not the same as access! 1. Considering health as an-end-for-economic-development represents a purely utilitarian…
497. “HE WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE; HE WHO CONTROLS THE PRESENT CONTROLS THE PAST”.
Human rights: Food for an Orwellian thought ‘HR and Big Brother’ Human Rights Reader 497 -The title of this Reader comes from Big Brother, the character in George Orwell’s novel…
496. I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT OLD BOYS CLUBS FRUSTRATE ME.
Human rights: Food for escaping a thought ‘Old boys clubs frustrate me’ Human Rights Reader 496 -The difficulty in people’s work lies not so much in developing new ideas as…
495. VIEWPOINT: ETHICS, IDEOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS –A tour de force in 99 paragraphs. (part 4 of 4)
Human rights: Food for shaping many a colleague’s thought ‘Viewpoint’ (4) Human Rights Reader 495 Economic power, political power and poverty The Economic and Political Discourse -To an economist, it…
494. VIEWPOINT: ETHICS, IDEOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS –A tour de force in 99 paragraphs. (part 3 of 4)
Human rights: Food for shaping many a colleague’s thought ‘Viewpoint’ (3) Human Rights Reader 494 Slicing Reality 50. If we are to understand history, then, we must come to terms…
493. VIEWPOINT: ETHICS, IDEOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS –A tour de force in 99 paragraphs. (part 2 of 4)
Human rights: Food for shaping many a colleague’s thought ‘Viewpoint’ (2) Human Rights Reader 493 Political naiveté? 29. Many moralists think that politics is ‘dirty’ or not a ‘virtuous’ activity.…
492. VIEWPOINT: ETHICS, IDEOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS –A tour de force in 99 paragraphs. (part 1 of 4)
Human rights: Food for shaping many a colleague’s thought ‘Viewpoint’ Human Rights Reader 492 . What drives development workers in their daily work? 1. Do they choose human rights (HR)…
491. THE VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO NUTRITION: MACRO AND MICRO DETERMINANTS. (part 2 of 2)
Human rights: Food for adopting an undeniable thought ‘Macro causes are the constraint’ Human Rights Reader 491 The role of ideology 24. Nutrition seems to be as good an entry…