Journalist Marianne Grosjean addresses a message in each of her columns. This month, she tackles a paradox: that of a system that reimburses therapists while keeping them away from doctors.
Getting vaccinated? An act of «responsibility»! Just like turning down your thermostat to 19°, stopping flying or cutting down on meat consumption. The rhetoric of the call to responsibility, omnipresent today, conceals a dark side.
Le Regard Libre N° 80 - Jean-David Ponci
Taking vaccine hesitants and anti-sanitary passers-by seriously, trying to answer their questions by putting forward arguments against their position, helps us all to identify the flaws in our societies and to rethink together the notions of solidarity and freedom. Interview with doctor and theologian Bertrand Kiefer, editor-in-chief of the Swiss Medical Journal.
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Le Regard Libre N° 79 - Enzo Santacroce
Prejudice against philosophers« series, episode #5
Nietzsche, the multi-faceted philosopher, was just as much reclaimed and hijacked by Nazi ideology as he was by the anarchist forces driving the students of May '68. How can we explain the fact that the thinking of this brilliant mind has been co-opted by both brown and red? The German philosopher's fragmented and deliberately shocking statements certainly contributed to his misunderstanding. However, his lucid critique of a Western society now living without transcendence is highly topical, in that the only acceptable value today is that of health, understood as the annihilation of suffering. Aware of this decline at an early stage, Nietzsche developed a tonic response based on the will expressed by
L’affaire serait entendue: si la Suisse ne comptait pas dans son système politique l’outil du fédéralisme, la gestion du Covid aurait été plus efficace. Ou plutôt, principe de précaution oblige,…
Le Regard Libre N° 77 – Enzo Santacroce Série «Les préjugés à l’égard des philosophes», épisode #2 S’il est un philosophe dont le nom est associé à un préjugé tenace, c’est…
Every month, we feature a column by one of the four personalities who take turns writing for us. In this post, writer Quentin Mouron explores a topical issue with his usual sharpness..
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Le Regard Libre N° 76 – Max Moeschler
La crise du coronavirus et le lot d’interrogations, de précarité et de frustrations qu’elle a apporté a été le théâtre, au cours de l’année écoulée, de l’émergence de nombreuses théories du complot dont l’ampleur n’a cessé de grandir. A distinguer des opinions critiques envers la gestion de la crise ou du doute inhérent à la science elle-même, ces thèses simplistes et pour certaines d’entre elles dangereuses sont bel et bien là. Comment expliquer le succès du conspirationnisme, à l’heure du Covid-19? Retour aux fondamentaux avec Laurent Cordonier, sociologue et spécialiste de ce phénomène.
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Can philosophy help us manage Covid-19? Yes, thanks in particular to John Rawls' theory of justice. This American philosopher proposes a thought experiment aimed at finding the principles of a just society. Applied to the management of the virus, it raises the question of whether the Federal Council's decisions meet the standard of impartiality, which is the only way to protect everyone's interests - including their freedoms.
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«Le couple nous renvoie en pleine figure l’incompatibilité intrinsèque qu’il y a entre les êtres et les miracles qui peuvent y survenir, comme des fleurs surgissant d’entre les pierres d’un désert.» «The Pink Cloud», condensé par JonasFollonier
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