“The Lebanese Philosophy of Law Association (Association libanaise de philosophie du droit or ALIPHID), which promotes secularism and democracy, and whose statutes commit it undertaking charitable activities, launches an urgent appeal for humanitarian aid for displaced Lebanese persons. Lebanon has in fact been experiencing a veritable war with Israel for a year, but it has become a real catastrophe for the past 40 days, although mainly focused on Hezbollah. Nevertheless, almost the entire country is being bombed and it is civilians who pay the price: in particular those forced to leave their villages with nothing and take refuge in schools, in administrative centres or in tents located in public squares (around 1,200,000). Our association in such moments finds itself under an obligation to help. This is indeed one of the requirements of philosophy (wisdom, practical life, participation in the suffering of the people, etc.).”
The ideologies of the post-left encompass two main themes: Neoracism and Butlerian pseudoscience. In both, magical thinking is conspicuous.
“These ideologies are therefore riddled with pseudoscientific or antiscientific beliefs, just like religious beliefs, and thus must be excluded from science and from State institutions. As it is important to separate between religion and State, it is also necessary to separate post-leftist ideologies from the State. And as with religious belief, this secular approach does not imply the exclusion of individuals on the basis of their beliefs. On the contrary, it implies the exclusion of certain unacceptable behaviours.”
Moderator: Nadia El-Mabrouk,
President RPL
In collaboration with the
Rassemblement pour la laïcité
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