Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to butimbeautiful. “True that,” as my wife used to say. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. No. But when do governments need an excuse. LikeLike

Is a kind of value associated specifically with there being reason (not shared with others) for one to desire/value and promote/secure one’s well-being (or particular elements of it)? If so, how should we characterize it? One natural suggestion is this: X’s well-being is valuable to X. The value here would be agent-relative, as distinct from…

In reply to butimbeautiful. I think the conquest/retaliation narratives of the Hebrew Bible are the unfinished business of Western civilization, just as the caliphate/conquest narrative of Islamic history is for Muslims. Each “civilization” is more def…

Perhaps the old testament should have been a warning indication of what Israel might turn into. LikeLike

In reply to Michael P. Beyond that, the hospital had previously been attacked and a hospital official claims that he got a call from the Israelis saying it would be attacked. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/israels-spin-about-hospital…

Irfan do you have anything on the attack on the Baptist hospital? Its my understanding that the attack was carried out by the IDF who we keep getting told don’t target civilians- go figure- and they admitted and boasted about it through official …