Indeed, a wide Russian support to Putin’s expansionism is likely to be conditional on mass mobilisation (especially of ethnic Russians), otherwise why...
This looks to me as a false alternative, let me explain. I cumulated the reasons why the West must intervene in this war against Russia. However the a...
Putin is a problem for the West beyond this war and the criminal annexations of Ukrainian territories. The authoritarian turn of his regime to grant c...
Not in your world though, coz there is no evidence to support such a claim "Any bits of that narrative that happen to actually be true are going to be...
So if one can't rely on evidence to discriminate between conflicting theories, then how to discriminate when imagination is too much or too little? wr...
For those who are interested, there are these lectures given by Timothy Snyder (a historian specializing in the modern history of Central and Eastern ...
Worse then this. Since Isaac claims: "Let's say there are two conflicting narratives on a subject theory A and theory B, but they are underdetermined ...
Putin is doing his best to fail this war. I'm worried more about the resilience of the West, and in particular about the political instability of the ...
Just more random thoughts relevant to you, but not enough to question the claim I made and supported by those graphs. Buthan and Costa Rica fare bette...
Cherry-picking is wrt a theory. My theory is here: "I’m talking in comparative terms about entity, likelihood, timing of the implementation of human r...
Proof of what? Its consistency? What is the proof you are expecting I should provide? Do you see any logic contradiction or categorical confusion in c...
No evidence, no 'proof' of what exactly? I was just exposing a conceptual framework. That's false. Your objection started with: "How? I don't see the ...
That’s a public philosophy forum, we discuss reasons, explore disagreements and assess how compelling arguments sound. And this is how I deal with you...
Do you yourself have answers to these questions? Can you show me how you do the math? Honestly I find such quizzes about moral dispositions in differe...
First this doesn't prove my point wrong. Secondly, you are comparing a political struggle within a hegemonic democratic regime to a war between Russia...
Dysfunctional imagination? Your concern for “human life” is at odds with your concern for “human rights” on historical grounds. The end of foreign, po...
I can't believe I had to read it once again. Such a claim "A slightly better human rights report (but still bad)" is highly misleading. My political s...
Nowhere I said that support for human rights comes with membership as a magic pill . If our decisions require pragmatism under uncertainty, we are int...
Who said so? My requirement is minimal: for me pro-West simply means to be in favor of being part of the Western sphere of influence like by joining N...
Again, it’s a step-by-step reasoning, at step 3 I didn’t talk about “commitment to the sorts of human rights gains that the countries within those ins...
I’m reasoning on a step-by-step basis : First step: human rights is an acceptable way to identify collective well-being? Yes Second step: are human ri...
By “only authoritarian states can respond to existential crisis with "what needs to be done””, you mean by directly engaging in aggressive wars and te...
The difference however is that Ukraine is more pro-Western than Russia. So as long as Ukrainian are open to enter the Western sphere of influence coop...
It’s hard to follow the logic of your reasoning. First you start with “let us say you wanted to preserve Western preeminence” as if the sake of your a...
Russia will have to deal with a larger NATO alliance, once again at the doorstep of Russian territory. More militarised and committed to serve NATO’s ...
I never said you said it was conclusive. As long as you keep reasoning with one-sided hypothetical future scenarios I expose my counter-arguments. Wha...
We can still discuss why your argument is not conclusive based on educated guesses. Hence my comment. Then there is no way to downplay the importance ...
OK let’s do a step forward and ask: where do you think human rights are better supported: in Western countries (e.g. the US, the UK, Germany, France) ...
However correct, your argument is far from being conclusive for 2 strong reasons: 1. if Crimea was the issue, Russia could have clearly stated that th...
Yes that was the point I was making. NATO can be repurposed also defend the West from the Rest. And if NATO expansion in Sweden or Finland is not a pr...
Playing devil's advocate: - Expansion of NATO (Sweden and Finland) possibly Ukraine - End of economic cooperation between Russia-Germany (destruction ...
I disagree. I see compassion as a supportive feeling we have for other people’s suffering, it doesn’t presuppose an accurate or wider/est calculation ...
"pragmatic decision under uncertainty" https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/745864 Pragmatic reasoning based on your ideologically-inspir...
Total and irrevocable surrender. Ukrainian should pay for all the material and human losses Russia has suffered up this war, give up on their national...
As if Russians are not known for their ethnic cleansing penchant in the occupied territories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samashki_massacre https://...
If Russia feels threatened by NATO expansion (it doesn't matter if they are justified), NATO expansion is the culprit. If Eastern European countries f...
Not sure Putin is interested in peace https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/20/russia-ukraine-war-odesa-black-sea/ The bitter truth may simple be that Rus...
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