Great Britain's Great Decision

Great Britain banned slavery in 1833 because laborers when motivated by salary were working harder than slaves who were motivated by punishment. It wasn't a coincidence that Britain's Industrial Revolution has started right after that time. Slavery wasn't profitable any more.

In the same period, slaves living under Ottoman rule had rights as this: No owner can free a disabled slave as compensation for his (owner's) legal faults. The protection and survival of such a disabled slave was ensured that way.

Camus's Absurd End

"Camus was only 46 when he died in an automobile accident. Ironically, he had once said that he could not imagine a death more meaningless than dying in a car accident." From Understanding Philosophy, Joan A. Price

The Civilization of Clash - A Critique

Samuel Huntington, the writer of ‘The Clash of Civilizations’ article, imagines a disagreement between major cultures of the world. He suggests, for the future, a certain separation between civilizations that cannot be avoided. Through the centuries, a fault line between civilizations was created by the different views of God and man, the individual and the group, and so on. This line is also gradually growing because of the unbearable Western military, economic and cultural superiority to others. The line will not soon disappear because it is more fundamental than the separation created by political approaches.

Notes on Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations

A general picture of Huntington's argument: Great division among humankind will be cultural instead of ideological and primarily economic. Non-Western civilizations no longer remain the objects of history as targets of Western colonialism but join the West as movers and shapers of history. Civilization: Highest cultural grouping people, broadest level of cultural identity people that distinguishes humans from other species. Two major variants: European-North American Islam has its three subdivisions: Arab, Turkic and Malay. Civilizations differ from each other by history, language, culture, tradition and religion. Cultural identity turns into civilization consciousness. Why civilizations will crash?

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