Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Incidentally, I think it would be a coup for the Israelis to fail to invade. Hamas attacked to draw them into an invasion. Not invading would shatter that expectation. Meanwhile, Hamas should release the non-combatant hostage…

In reply to Michael P. The only proportional course of action is for Israel to offer a ceasefire and Hamas to return the non-soldier hostages, starting with the young, the old, and infirm, and moving then to the peace activists. That gives Israel what&…

i have another question what would a proportionate response on the side of Israel be if there was ever one? LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I never liked Biden but wrongly gave him enough credit to not be this stupid. LikeLike

What I find remarkable is that like Trump, Biden claimed personally to have seen the relevant thing, in this case, pictures of the beheaded babies. Seeing them was the whole point of his peroration. He never thought he would see such a horrific thing—e…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. on the issue of the empty claims of beheaded babies, I’m old enough to remember those stories about Iraqi troops going around and killing babies in their incubators in Kuwait LikeLike

In reply to Michael P. Yes, that’s a nice example of what I have in mind. I highly doubt that Sam Harris knows any more about Islam than he does about free will, but let’s pretend that he does. Let’s even pretend that he’s right…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. oh ok interesting I think Sam Harris has similar thoughts https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-sin-of-moral-equivalence?fbclid=IwAR25Wvc_bbJz2EPSGexOW3ztyEwkqBWqKpZXLlab9mpjhizct137J88h_rQ LikeLike

In reply to Michael P. There’s a very clear explanation for that approach. Their official position requires them to trace current injustices backwards to their origin. Injustices committed by force start with an initiation of force. Injustices co…