EL PENSADOR: ¿RIDICULEZ O RIESGO SOCIAL?

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?

EL PENSADOR: NO HAY ATAJOS

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

EL PENSADOR: OPORTUNIDAD EN EL HORIZONTE

I have learned, from journalistic reports whose responsibility I acknowledge, that the Ministry of the Interior, starting from its fight against the intricate network of micro-drug trafficking in Montevideo, has begun to cover up access to abandoned buildings or houses, to prevent them from being occupied -as it is happening – not only by homeless people but mainly by criminals who establish drug outlets there. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: OPORTUNIDAD EN EL HORIZONTE

EDITORIAL: EL PENSADOR «UN BAILE NO QUERIDO»

EDITORIAL: THE THINKER: AN UNWANTED DANCE Por Antonio Pippo Dígase de una vez, claramente y sin horadar la honestidad intelectual: el  impulso dado a la obtención de firmas para un referéndum contra la Ley de Urgente Consideración ha colocado –a … Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: EL PENSADOR «UN BAILE NO QUERIDO»

EDITORIAL: EL PENSADOR «NO PERDER LA PACIENCIA»

The most worrisome problem at the moment – beyond the fact that hopeful data are appearing among us, without absolute guarantee, of course, of durability – are the consequences of the pandemic and the hypotheses about its extension. Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: EL PENSADOR «NO PERDER LA PACIENCIA»

EDITORIAL: EL PENSADOR

With an official honorable farewell, the scientists, researchers and technicians who made up the group that advised the government in the fight against the pandemic – known as GACH, Honorary Scientific Advisory Group – have left the forum and have returned to their usual activities. Continúa leyendo EDITORIAL: EL PENSADOR