Re: [silk] aqvavit

2012-02-18 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:29 PM, ashok _ wrote: > i think its impossible for the population and nations at large to > empathise and introspect on morality. > http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-risky-is-it-really/201108/statistical-numbing-why-millions-can-die-and-we-don-t-care

Re: [silk] aqvavit

2012-02-18 Thread ashok _
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > > Thomas Pogge makes a very good case for the ethical and moral burden > and undeniable culpability of the rich in keeping the poor poor, in > his GRD paper from 2001: > http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpa

Re: [silk] aqvavit

2012-02-18 Thread ashok _
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:44 AM, John Sundman wrote: > > The most glaring recent example of this philosophy in action was the > "Transitional Government Authority" (or whatever it was called) put in place > in Iraq by the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld cabal right after the 2003 invasion and > headed by