Philosophy & Ethics
ayad |
SUICIDE OF A WOMAN
February, 1995 – London
Ayad Gharbawi
Killing
Your only
Haunted eye
And those that witnessed
How frail
You are
Yawn
O! How vile Man is!
And if hell
Were to breathe
So within
Your failing language
Yet again
Then, understand
That your ending truths
Within your faltering self
Is nearing.
How much you did suffer
Can ever a Man guess?
Or feel?
Just as you succumb now
I tell you,
No one can
Or will
Feel for you
Sweet.
PANIC
August 27, 1993 – London
You can tremble
In these here
This final
Unknown twist
In your life…
ayad |
Death Of A Friend
Ayad Gharbawi
Say to us
Hurtful Words
Of changes to come
Impersonal
Waves
A-wash
Upon hearts
Mortified –
O days;
Gone?
Or are you
To become?
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Note to self. The list of countries to avoid visiting grows in 2010 with the entry of Ireland, a green country where people speak with a funny accent and drink good spirits. These are not at all reasons to avoid a visit. Instead, I find it sufficient the new law in force since January 1st against blasphemy. The law condemns the publishing or expression of content offensive or insulting religions (not just the Catholic one) with fines up to 25,000 euros.
Ireland is a nice, attractive country to travel to. On the down side, it sports a rather high concentration of pedophile priests, but I would…
ayad |
For many the turbulence of life
are inexplicable and profoundly frustrating our faith in goodwill. What is the
essence of personal meaning in a world where human relations are becoming increasingly
fragile? What is the meaning of this world when only one in a thousand will
succeed in his lifestyle? And what of the majority others left stranded by
forces that apparently none can escape from? What is the meaning of this world
where millions upon millions are forced to work in underpaid tiring jobs? While
the extravagances of wealth are accepted, tolerated, applauded and esteemed,
where does…
A new study suggests that the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings results from clinicians who prescribe antibiotics more often and more broadly than clinical circumstances and evidence-based guidelines warrant because of medical liability concerns.
So it isn't politicians or insurance companies who are picking your treatment, it is lawyers.
The study in the American Journal of Therapeutics analyzed census figures, statistics on population density of attorneys and physicians, and data on antibiotic utilization for the United States, Canada, and 15 European countries. They compared…
Found this article in Dissent magazine interesting: "Is Obama's War in Afghanistan Just?" by Michael Walzer. The core of Walzer's argument is that the decision to go to war inAfghanistan in 2001 was just but the way the Bush administration pursued the war was unjust. Thus the war in Afgahanistan achieves jus ad bello but not jus post bellum. Walzer goes further and argues that the most compelling argument for the war in Afghanistan is not necessarily strategic arguments but rather the moral and political argument, "that we owe the Afghan people eight years after we invaded their country…
[from guest blogger and podcast co-host Julia Galef]
Hey there, rational readers! I’m honored to be Massimo’s guest blogger and co-host of the upcoming Rationally Speaking podcast for the NYC Skeptics. Since our second episode is scheduled to air the week of Valentine's Day, we couldn’t resist making that show's topic, “The Skeptic’s Guide to Love.”
I do realize that raising this subject risks fueling the widespread and irritating misconception that “skeptic” = “cynical killjoy,” which is the last thing I want to do. So, please let the record show that I am enthusiastically pro-love…
A couple of months ago I attended a lecture by Saul Kripke at CUNY’s Graduate Center. Kripke is one of the most influential philosophers of the late 20th century, someone who you simply have to go see give a talk if you have the chance, on the sole basis of his legendary status. As in many such cases, it is not unlikely that one is going to be disappointed, given the extremely high expectations. Sure enough, Kripke was not at his best that day, and his legendary extemporaneous style of lecturing fell short of the mark, resulting in an interesting, but somewhat chaotic and hard to…
I've been researching the Just War tradition lately specifically jus post bellum with intent to submit a paper in January or so. So far I find the research and sources pretty satisfying and enlightening. But a series of questions and comments keep cropping up in regards to what has been written: 1) The overwhelming focus on inter state war in terms of the Just War tradition, 2) lack of comment on counter insurgencies within the tradition, and 3) lack of linkage between jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum.
Does anyone know of writers, books, or articles that have commented on the…