Professor Rafael Winkler unravels several philosophies of the age that lie behind an anti-slavery 19th century lithograph
Hegel
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‘Problematising’ farm murders: Why does torture feature in so many cases?
On average 58 people are killed each day in South Africa, a horrendous statistic — but numbers gloss over the qualitative aspects of each homicide — and psychotherapy is needed to address the hidden motives
Posted inEnvironment, Equality, General, News/Politics
Biko: Philosophy, identity and liberation
Reading Biko: Philosophy, Identity and Liberation by Professor Mabogo Percy More; I am left to wonder of the man (Bantu Stephen “Steve” Biko) who should have been king; that is the man who should have been the first black president of the Republic of South Africa. Or is that racist? Perhaps I should say, the […]
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Is there a need for cyber-ethics?
The recent spate of events where governments, magazine-employees and various other social actors have acted in ways that have invited spirited debate about the justifiability of their actions, lead to an unavoidable question: Is there a need for cyber-ethics? It all depends on what one means by “cyber-ethics”, of course. If this means the need […]