The spotlight has just fallen on Qatar, the much-criticized host of the Football World Cup, because of its relative lack of respect for human rights. In fact, Qatar is sitting on a concept central to any democratic society: equality.
«We're not born women, we become them»: Simone de Beauvoir's famous phrase is often quoted today to justify the idea that we can decide our own sex. But Beauvoir was not thinking of putting biological reality into perspective.
Christmas, its magic, its family meals... and its Hollywood productions. It's all there: a mawkish plot, good feelings and a predictable happy ending. In short, a «gentle» film. But what does that mean? First thoughts from 2023.
For Kant, the German philosopher, lying is always an act to be banished, as it destroys trust within society and undermines the moral law in man. For Constant, the French philosopher, lying can be virtuous depending on the context. Crossed views.
Among all the forms of lying that populate our daily lives - lies of omission, pious lies, self-interested lies, pathological lies - one singular category seems to hold the rope in these turbulent times: the shameless lie.
It may sound like a trite phrase, like «there's no such thing as hot without cold», but remembering that there's no such thing as a lie without the truth has the merit of bringing back to the table a fact that has become too old-fashioned in certain intellectual circles: truth exists.
In June, Macron called for Russia not to be «humiliated», a phrase understood as a call not to humiliate Putin. A flurry of offended and sarcastic reactions flooded the web at the time. The roots of such vindictiveness lie in the concept of humiliation.
Society seems to be divided between those who follow their feelings to account for their identity, particularly their sexual identity, and those who believe in biology. Some jurists point out the abuses to which the law can lead when it is based on feeling.
Tales of the end of the world have been told throughout the ages, and still exist today. These dire predictions conceal...
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