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    Revisiting the limits of free speech: Lavik's ban on climate denialism
    Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics 1 53-56. 2022.
    A commentary on Trygve Lavik's article "Climate change denial, freedom of speech and global justice".
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    This thesis seeks to determine the role of moral sentiments in a compelling account of human rights. The thesis argues that moral sentiments are central to human rights valuation but have been neglected or attacked by many past and contemporary human rights theorists. Determining sentimentality's appropriate role could lead to the effective employment of emotionally grounded approaches that could better promote human rights adherence. However, building an account of human rights that rests solel…Read more
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    Other Selves
    Kritike 4 (1): 199-218. 2010.
    Aristotle regarded highly the concept of friendship. For him, friendship—being one of the virtues just like truth, justice, courage, etc.—is something that affects not just human behavior but even the state’s as well . However, the English language has set a limit to its use and thus diminished its meaning. While the Greek for friendship, which is φιλια can be translated as love, when using the English language one cannot say that as A and B are friends, it must be that A and B are lovers. But f…Read more
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    Revisiting the limits of free speech: Lavik's ban on climate denialism
    Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics 1 53-56. 2022.
    A commentary on Trygve Lavik's article "Climate change denial, freedom of speech and global justice".
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    Imitating the Myth in the Gorgias
    Social Science Diliman 2 (1): 27-42. 2001.
    The advent of logical positivism contributed to the sharp definitional demarcation between what we consider mythical (mythos) and what we take to be a true account (logos). This essay attempts to go back to one of the sources of such a supposed distinction. By analyzing the Gorgias, I will show that even Plato did not make such a distinction. In fact, Plato even constructed a theory of justice that made use of myth as its medium. The Platonic Myth in the Gorgias was used as true logos in order t…Read more