
Interview: Dr. David Lowenthal on Orwell's 1984
The New Thinkery
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The Psychological Effects of Human Rights
I'm a big believer in individual liberty, but nevertheless putting us on our own. The effort to correct the whole globe by talking about human rights everywhere cannot end up well. That's why trying to replant our democracy elsewhere is a very questionable thing. But that is the only alternative. I think player in half, I would say, you're expecting too much of human life. You can't find a universal solution to mass problems.
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