The Dutch ethologist Frans de Waal acquired much of his prestige after publishing the book «The politics of chimpanzees», in which – as I have already described more than once – he analyzes experiences carried out by scientists with these animals at the Arnhem Zoo, comparing them with the essential human political facts that, even practiced today, come from ancient times. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: ¿HACIA DONDE VA LA POLÍTICA?
Insult is the weapon of the stupid and the ignorant too. However, this time I will refer, to the concepts of some international media, who have dedicated themselves to blurring, shamefully, the image of Colombia, in all aspects, which portrays the prototype of a country that, according to false press informants, we are lost in the vices of drug trafficking, corruption, prostitution and crime. Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: A MI COLOMBIA SE LE RESPETA
They are like a diverse family avenged by convenience, in which precarious bridges of approach to consensus are built, while disagreements and selfishness are exhibited by sectoral interests almost always related to the wishes of each member to increase their power, their strength in the face not already to the benefit of society but to the eventual electoral weight to be achieved tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR:AH.., LAS COALICIONES..
For centuries, women have played a primary role in the formation of the family and society, as well as in various areas such as art, politics or the economy, even despite discrimination and injustice, lack of equity and respect. for their dreams and their rights and the restrictions to which many of them are subjected. Continúa leyendo REFLEXIONES: EN HOMENAJE A LA MUJER
In a pamphlet he published in 1925, entitled «What I Believe,» Bertrand Russell, in the chapter on righteous living, wrote: «When I say that the morality of conduct must be judged by its probable consequences, I mean that we wish see approved the conduct that is likely to achieve the social ends we want, and disapproved the opposite conduct. Currently this is not done; there are certain traditional norms according to which approval and disapproval are distributed regardless of the consequences Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: ¿RIDICULEZ O RIESGO SOCIAL?
In the context of what, more than once, I have called the growing degradation that shakes our society, I do not dismiss but I pay relative attention to the statistics on the decrease in crimes: homicides, domestic violence or against minorities, robberies, drug trafficking and so many more. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: NO HAY ATAJOS
