People in different cultures think very differently about abortion. Abortion is not seen as a moral problem for example in Sweden or Russia, but it is seen as a difficult moral problem in China and in the USA.
To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me. - Torbjorn Tannsjo
To kill or not to kill, that was the question that haunted me.
- Torbjorn Tannsjo
I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other people. This seemed to me wrong, if no… - Torbjorn Tannsjo
I was conscripted to military service, and my gut feeling was to refuse to serve. I did not want to kill other people. This seemed to me wrong, if no…
I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that c… - Torbjorn Tannsjo
I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that c…
It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal with them unless … - Torbjorn Tannsjo
It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal with them unless …
The perspective that many today are beginning to see as fully realistic is that democracy in our country, and in our part of the world, will suffer t… - Torbjorn Tannsjo
The perspective that many today are beginning to see as fully realistic is that democracy in our country, and in our part of the world, will suffer t…
It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is not a nice prospect. And there i… - Torbjorn Tannsjo
It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is not a nice prospect. And there i…
These theories, deontology, the moral rights theory, and utilitarianism, contradict one another. Moreover, they give conflicting (inconsistent) recom… - Torbjorn Tannsjo
These theories, deontology, the moral rights theory, and utilitarianism, contradict one another. Moreover, they give conflicting (inconsistent) recom…
I wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how. - Torbjorn Tannsjo
I wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how.
What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe. - Torbjorn Tannsjo
What we need is legislation, not negotiation, for the entire globe.
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