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Moral Sentiment and Moral Judgment after the Paris Attacks

On the problem of selective solidarity

November 18, 2015 • by Michael Weinman

Ever since the dust began to clear after what President Hollande rightfully called "the horror" of Friday night, my media consumption -- yes, especially my Facebook feed (constantly refreshed with reflections from Public Seminar) ...

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Paris Attacks: Differential Reality and the Collapse of the Left

November 15, 2015 • by Firat M. Haciahmetoglu
The Paris attacks join the Charlie Hebdo massacre and previous ISIS activity to convey the end of an epoch for humanity as defined by Europe in the aftermath of Second World War: hunchbacked by the immeasurable guilt of its history marked by colonization, holocaust, capitalism, and all kinds of evil ...
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