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Sometimes we’re just like the rest of us

December 10, 2011 · by Jacques Rousseau · in Daily Maverick, Morality, Politics

Policy interventions need to be premised on non-arbitrary premises, which is part of the explanation for our reluctance to allow subjective moral standpoints or populist vote-seeking to influence what leaders like Helen Zille propose. But where the data do suggest that a certain course of action is justified, are we able to accept that we (as individuals) should be treated as anonymous data points in an aggregated dataset?

Patrick Holford supports Malema!

February 15, 2011 · by Jacques Rousseau · in Morality, Science

Patrick Holford is touring South Africa, offering his “Feel Good Factor seminar”. Punctuation is optional, as this seminar “will help you transform the way you think and feel right now and give you an action plan to prevent memory decline later in life and stay free from depression”.

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