The dilemma

Perhaps humanity is returning to a night of the ages? The prolonged erosion of any assumption of transcendence confronts us with a dilemma. If there is a higher good, what is it? But if there is nothing on which to base the world, what is the meaning of our days? If it is true as Mersheimer says that the liberal state is one where there is no agreement on foundational values, it is also true that sooner or later, this neglect of reflection on universal first values creates a slight crack , an imperceptible fissure that then enlarges until the great social dam collapses.

Women crossing Mexico's southern border, confronting criminal groups

...count to 30... my love

 Posted on September 16, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  María de Lourdes Rosas López PhD

“We are from Guatemala, we are on our way to the United States, my friend, myself and my 5-year-old daughter. I am 24 years old and a widow. My husband was killed when my little girl was only 2 years old because he worked for the Guatemalan police. After that, I went to live with my mother and when she died I worked as a maid in the house of some elderly Spanish gentlemen, where my daughter and I lived, until their death, recently. [Read More]
Migration  Mexico  Criminal groups  victims of violence 

Law as Social Software I

Justice and Order

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1199 words  |  Riccardo Colasanti

The ordinary person, the one who is not an expert and has not studied the “sacred texts” of law believes that the essence of the law is justice. Concept that seems self-evident. Of course, people know that there can be problems. Corrupt judges or politicians can use the law to commit injustice, and use their power for sleazy self-interest. But this only indicates a disease, a pathology of the system. [Read More]
Natural Law  Positive Law  Justice  ideology