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Where Jesus' tolerant ideas came from
In some ways, Jesus was a tolerant thinker. But he didn't have all his views of his own. About Jesus' simple origins, the halakhic tradition and…
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How to lose your dignity
Out of human dignity, everyone can make their own sense. This is convenient when looking for universal human rights. About the conflicting meanings of…
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Before Christ
In this newsletter I want to outline the context in which Jesus of Nazareth came to his views. For Jesus was first and foremost a Jewish preacher who…
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How democracies can become tyrannical
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Our universal human rights are dated and not universal
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Before Christ
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Our universal human rights are dated and not universal
About the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Why large parts of the world can actually shrug their shoulders about human rights.
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On pragmatic rulers and subjugated nations
Pre-modern despots could be quite tolerant towards conquered peoples. About idols taken hostage, Roman exceptionalism, and the tolerance of Genghis…
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Was drawing up human rights really such a good idea?
Anyone who questions the existence of universal human rights can count on outrage. Yet that's exactly what I'm going to do here. Why? You can read that…
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We don't owe our ideals of liberty and equality to Antiquity
Freedom and equality are quintessential in toleration. And the Greeks and Romans knew them too. But we hardly owe them this source of toleration. Read…
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Why listening to someone with a different opinion can be so hard
An interview with listening expert Corine Jansen about real listening and how to handle disagreements.
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Political toleration (conclusion)
Parliamentary democracy as the least intolerant system. Looking for a system with more legitimacy. About systemic criticism, Habermas' deliberative…
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Humanitas and forgiveness
Clemency and humanity as a source of toleration. About the biological tendency to forgiveness, the humanity of Cicero, the source of Jesus' forgiveness…
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