When a woman is raped, who is responsible? An ostensibly simple question, but ‘responsible’ has many meanings, and supporters of SlutWalk seem to use different definitions. The inconsistencies of SlutWalk betray a greater crisis: the way we selectively fight for our beliefs for issues we care about more deeply, while pretending the rest don’t exist.
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Philosophy, Society
Responsibility
by Yoong Ren Yan | 27 August 2011
Tags: anders breivik, belief, blame, choices, clothing, crime, crime prevention, decision, dilemma, feminism, freedom, gender equality, guilt, hamid karzai, harm principle, innocence, jewellery, liberty, Michael Sanguinetti, norway, oslo, perpetrator, principle, promiscuous, rape, rapist, responsibility, rights, singapore, slut, slutwalk, toronto, victim
Philosophy
There can be miracles, when you believe*
by Wong Yong Sheng | 01 October 2010
*Terms and conditions apply. A miracle is often a hugely transformative phenomenon: for both the subject and group it is related to, it reinforces their faith in existence and benevolence of the paranormal. Miracles are powerful credibility boosters: they confirm the constant existence of divinity in our lives; they make God relevant to everyone. This [...]
Tags: agnostic, atheism, atheist, bias, buddhist, catholic, catholicism, christ, christian, congregation, faith, god, hindu, jesus, jew, karma, lady luck, logical fallacy, lottery, lotto, luck, lucky, miracles, protestant, religion, religious harmony, saviour, sikh, system, testimonial, thought experiment
Philosophy, Society
On Understanding
by Yoong Ren Yan | 15 July 2010
Understanding makes us realise that we’re not so different, after all.
Tags: barack obama, benjamin natanyahu, blame, conflict, empathy, flotilla, gaza strip, genocide, hamas, holocaust, israel, mahmoud abbas, middle east, nazi germany, palestine, rwanda, rwandan genocide, understanding
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