Tobias

Well I do not agree with you that justice is not served, justice in this individual case is not served, but there is more at stake than the individual...

That is a very peculiar take on law. There are standards of evidence and if the evidence meets the standards the person is probably guilty. Necessaril...

Legal interpretation is conceived of by many, including some legal theorists as a strictly logical, syllogistic enterprise. One applies general rules ...

That would be a truly joyous occasion! Talks and drinks... smokey, non-smokey... smooth and sharp...

Interesting indeed. It was also the point nicely put by @"Joshs" However, than we are faced with the question why action occurs in public space but no...

Yes, one needs first 'liberation'. In slavery one is not free. However, you hold on to some 'true requirement', as if that is enough. For her that is ...

I think that is exacly the point. You equate freedom immediately with 'free from'; free from interference, free from those pesky other people. That is...

Well she surely thinks the connection to the will was a mistake. Perhaps she thinks the Greek view is superior in the fact that they saw freedom as po...

I do not know. I address that paradox here, but I agree with Banno that it is of little concern to the text as a whole. I like the paradox Banno refer...

No harm done I assure you. ;)

I am sure to take you up on that offer when I will finally arrive once in the land down under! :100: Ahhh, yes. That is indeed her starting point and ...

For me the issue is undecidable as well and therefore interesting ;) Many, if not all philosophical issues are undecidable and dwelling on them is onl...

Yeah, I know. All latched on to it. Which is fine of course, but I think the essay is richer than that. Besides, there are so many threads on free wil...

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Yes, but also you work with a notion of freedom that Arendt at least contends did not exist as a problem for ancient philosophy. However, the concept ...

I welcome any contribution to engage with the content of Arendt's essay. I find it worthwhile and interesting. Unfortunately it has been completely bu...

This was your definition of freedom. Kant disagrees. For him freedom is a victory of ratio over nature. It s not being compelled by your desires but c...

I hold no such view. I just hold the view that philosophers does not need to accept a working definition, also not when that definition is held by man...

There is no working definition of freedom accepted by all in philosophy. Moreover the word freedom is bandied about by all and everyone in different w...

There is no such thing as 'the working definition'. Philosophy is not an excercise in dictionary writing. There might be working definitions of philos...

I do not think that that is what she is after. I rather think that this is what she considers freedom defined in the Justinian and Christian tradition...

:rofl: I do know he is a national socialist and that is, of course, uncomely. However, I do wonder why you always react so strongly to him. He is also...

I do not care what you have published in the thread Garrett, I was reading Arendt. You are already working with some kind of definition of freedom. Ap...

Thanks Banno, for the chance to consider this essay. So many here take it as a stepping stone to discuss free will. That is not what the essay is abou...

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Yes, but isn't this volatility exactly the tension between knowing and feeling? You jump into the feeling and you want more and more, either because i...

I think that death is indeed unacceptable. I also think the philosophies of finitude are erely balms for the soul. They sooth us to sleep but cannot t...

Well in our current system the state, whether democratic or otherwise, is considered sovereign in the area of international law. The rules of Private ...

It is a good question. Well consider this: There is a Country A. In country A two ethnic groups live, Group B and group C. Group's B and group C. have...

Well, in the Ottoman Empire different courts existed from different societal denominations. There can be different codes of inheritance law for instan...

Usually civil law arrangements. On criminal law I have less knowledge, because as a branch of public law it is much closer tied to the state. Differen...

Because like, sure, all Muslims are the same you know and there are no countries with a predominantly muslim population but also a secular legal syste...

Not necessarily. In the Netherlands there are two different distinct highest courts and there have been different rulings on the same substantive subj...

There is no reason they cannot do so. It happens and is known as legal pluralism. It can be found in some countries, countries for instance running a ...

In my line of work you will not get very far if you do not accept that there are women having more success and wielding much more power than you do yo...

Not at all, we grow to be proud of it!

There is still much to do everywhere. The Netherlands is quite conservative when it comes to the participation of women. Probably there are no mono-ca...

Well, and to the uneven division in the higher ranks of academia. Even though women generally perform better, in the Netherlands at least, the majorit...

I do not think women are uninterested in philosophy. When I studied philosophy the balance was more or less 50/50. I taught philosophy courses at some...

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This is one of my favorite song. It is a Turkish song. I heard it for the first time when I was reading philosophy in a water pipe cafe in Istanbul. I...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DejC8mapuq0

I have not read 'the knot of the world', so I can only go on what you describe here and what I otherwise know from Schopenhauer and his relationship t...

I just thought the debate would interest you, that is the only reason I mentioned you. It is rather pointless to discuss with someone who misconstrues...

Yes, it is toying with the ambivalence of 'is'... 'is' of identity and the 'is' of predication. I always sucked at formal logic ;)

Thanks InPizotl, makes a lot of sense. It depends on the Ayes Bees and Seas being defined as substances or properties, right. Thanks!

Why not A? Seas and Bees are equivalent at least in their aspect of all seas being bees. If all seas are Bees and if some ayes are bees as well than s...

I think we are talking past each other. I am not finding inconsistency in Kant and would never be so bold and so foolish as to disqualify him as an et...

No, your decision not to answr is. Not answering is not a thought it is an act. You are intentionally misreading me. Kant's opinion is relevant in a t...

Here is an article on the matter. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30317932.pdf However, I easily concede there might be different ways to view it. The...