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Living in a world of give and take

We tend to respond to the taking away behaviour of terrorists and criminals in general by taking away even more from them, and focus as a result on what we do not want in our world. Yet it is important to shift our focus to what we actually do want.

Wim Bonis • December 11, 2015 • 2 comments

No man is an island, entire of itself

My short stay this summer on Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, inspired me to think about some law-related issues: about law enforcement, the theory of Thomas Hobbes and the gift economy.

Wim Bonis • October 15, 2014 • 1 comment