January 2008 Archives

An article from my alma mater's quarterly magazine entitled: The Hardest Thing You'll Ever Do: A philosopher tackles the ethical conundrum of forgiveness. It starts:

During the period of apartheid in South Africa, Eugene de Kock, the head of a notorious death squad, earned the nickname "Prime Evil." But de Kock, now serving a life sentence, decided to tell the truth about the atrocities he had committed and to ask for forgiveness from women he had widowed.

Incredibly, the women chose to forgive him.

Click for more. Bostonia - Winter 2007-2008

BU Alumni Web - Bostonia - Winter 2007-2008

My alma mater's take on why the Muslim world is in the eye of virtually every storm. It strikes me that it is emotionally based. The article starts:

"Husain Haqqani recalls a Newsweek cover from October 2001: a Pakistani child brandishing a gun and the headline "Why They Hate Us." The photo is emblematic of a question that has haunted Haqqani, director of BU's Center for International Relations and a College of Arts and Sciences associate professor of international relations. "I have always wondered why the Muslim world is in the eye of virtually every storm, in my lifetime at least," he says. "The Middle East is a cauldron. The India-Pakistan conflict has a Muslim dimension. In Russia, there's Chechnya, another Muslim dimension." Why is the Muslim world plagued by instability, undemocratic governments, and sectarian violence?

Haqqani has set out to find answers."

Do them now.

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Welcome folks.

Thanks for the invite to present at your monthly meeting, and thanks for the hospitality and participation.

As promised, here is my entire presentation, with over two dozen links that will aid you in further study.

If you have any questions or comments, please be sure to post them (click on "Leave a comment" below). Looking forward to hearing from you.

Slides Only:
- Part One
- PartTwo
- Part Three