Archives for Philosophy
Why humans persist in believing in universal morality: The need to believe (Part 1)
All human belief systems (secular ideologies as well as religions) are based upon the conviction that all human behaviour is governed by one unique moral code which is fixed, objective…
Towards a more rational understanding or racialism
Racialism is a major social problem in the West today, and as such is necessarily condemned morally by society at large. As a social phenomenon, however, there are two fundamental…
Peoples have always been civilized: some people chose to behave barbarically
This piece is a commentary on University of Johannesburg Associate Professor Rafael Winkler’s "The long walk from ‘civilised’ and ‘barbaric’ to a new world view". The author shows his bias from…
A rumble in the jungle (Part 2)
A Rumble in the Jungle Part 1 The tragedy of these empires was due to three big blunders in Europe, namely, the First World War, communism, and Nazism. These had…
Consider that capitalism is the real problem
A recent op-ed in Fast Company urges us all to reconsider capitalism as the system we want for building our future society. The tacit assumption is that capitalism is responsible…
Opposing Decolonization Means White Supremacy? Hold Your Horses, Social Justice Warriors!
"Social justice writer and blogger" Luke Waltham recently wrote an article for The Daily Vox titled, "Those who are against decolonisation are white supremacists". The average reader whose mind is…
Roots of Racism rejoined
This piece is a rejoinder of David Matthews’ reply to my piece in which I criticized two of his commentaries on race and racism. Dear Mr Matthews, Thank you for…
On Salvation, Colonisation and Machiavelli
My first year of study at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1964 was as a part time Bachelor of Commerce student. One of our courses was English Literature (ordinary).…
Our individuality comes before our blackness
The worst mistake you can make is thinking that because you are black, and black people are in the overwhelming majority, then democracy will always align to your interests. Firstly,…
The False God of Equality
In modern political discourse there’s much talk about the political ‘right’ and the political ‘left’, although there’s very little discussion as to what these concepts fundamentally are. The argument put…