The right to punish – can we conceive of a just punishment?
On what is the right to punish based? Why punish? Is the punishment just? These three questions will be addressed here from the perspective of philosophy and the history of …
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Correction Globalization and contestations
In a previous article, we suggested some mock exam on globalization. We have identified three that are particularly close and that would have been very useful for you: Should globalization …
Summary of The Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith
As a preamble, we recommend this book: Research into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: The Great Themes – Adam Smith Or get the original text starting with Book …
Human justice and the death penalty
Excerpt from the poem The Scaffold by Victor Hugo (1802–1885) The star dropped its tear of light. Its ray, like a dart which strikes and rebounds, Struck the iron with …
French law. Methods of proof
Everyone has the right to a fair trial, and the method of evidence used must be be lawful and fair. Article 1315-1 of the Civil Code establishes five modes of …
The promises of science – Friedrich Nietzsche
In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Gay Science was published. In this work Friedrich Nietzsche shows us the role played by the “charlatans”, as we could roughly call them, who lived …