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This blog post examines how voters’ ideological leanings influence the strategic manipulation decisions of those in power, analyzing under what conditions democracy begins its path toward regression.   The erosion of democratic values by elected politicians using legal procedures constitutes a crisis for democracy as severe as a sudden, violent coup. In modern political processes...

This blog post explores the essence of law by comparing three theoretical perspectives: viewing law as the institutionalization of custom, understanding it as a product of social structure, or interpreting it as the result of conflict and domination.   Discussions on the essence of law have long been ongoing. Among the oldest views is the custom theory, which seeks to grasp the essence of...

This blog post delves deeply into how melancholy preserves loss not as mere absence but as a living emotion, and what significance this dreamlike force holds for modern subjectivity and world perception.   Melancholy, one of the key critical concepts in modern literature, originates from an ancient Greek medical term meaning ‘black bile’. At the time, black bile was understood as the cause...

This blog post examines whether artificial intelligence and robots can be subjects of moral rights or responsibilities even without emotions, exploring the limitations of human-centered ethics and new standards.   AlphaGo’s defeat of the world’s top human Go player fundamentally challenged the privileged position humans have held in the natural world, becoming a catalyst that...

In this blog post, we explore why the act of making false promises inevitably contradicts itself the moment it becomes a universal law, and how this logic underpins the concepts of moral duty and the good will, thereby understanding the core of Kantian ethics.   When evaluating the value of our actions, the concept of ‘good will’ is always primary and forms the condition for all other values...

This blog post examines why the statutory inheritance system demands a balance between the deceased’s freedom to dispose of their property and the protection of heirs’ livelihoods, focusing on historical changes and contemporary issues.   Under private property systems, individuals can freely dispose of their assets. However, if property is disposed of without restriction during...

This blog post examines the complex restructuring process of historical perception in Poland after the Cold War ended, where nationalism, anti-Semitism, and transnational historical narratives collided.   With the collapse of the Cold War system in 1989, the historical narratives of Eastern Europe, particularly Poland’s, became significantly more complex. For instance, the powerful...

This blog post examines why the concepts of narrowing and broadening, which arise in the process of legal interpretation, are understood with different meanings even in the same case, highlighting the complexity of the criteria forming legal judgments.   To apply a law defined in general and abstract terms to individual cases, it is essential to concretize the meaning and content of the law...

In this blog post, we explore everything from the simple perception of seeing an apple to cases of change blindness and art appreciation, deeply examining from a philosophical perspective whether sensory experience and judgment can actually be separated.   We see a red, ripe apple and make the judgment: “Yes, that apple looks delicious; let’s eat it with the family.” At this moment, we...

This blog post examines the core elements that constitute human welfare. By comparing three perspectives—pleasure, need fulfillment, and objective value—it logically organizes how welfare can be understood.   What does it mean to say that an individual’s level of welfare has improved, or that one person’s welfare level is higher than others’? Answering this question...