This blog is an experiment in conversation, education, and debate by a UNA-USA East Bay Chapter Board Member. The blog seeks to engage readers by posting UN related issues and events in order to encourage discussion and analysis. None of the comments or posts in the blog represent the opinions of the UNA-USA East Bay Chapter or the UN.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
World Philosophy Day
Many of the popular UN celebrations tend to revolve around end-goal celebrations such as Human Rights Day or International Day of Peace. While important, we tend to forget that these are philosophies. And, philosophies challenge us to ask the kind of questions we don't tend to us ask when celebrating those above mentioned goals. I really do believe Philosophy Day should merit the same kind of attention as Human Rights Day or International Day of Peace; at the very least, we need to understand from where those two concepts derive.
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