Monday, September 19, 2011

Philosophy Wire: Health = Oppression. Can it be?

food-and-wine-6Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-09-19]: World Health Organization tries to reduce the number of heart attacks by attacking smoking, alcohol, salt and food with fat [source: BBC News]. Oppression can have many faces. And the rationalism of our time dictates that we should not do many things we like to do. Who wants to live without having eaten food with spices and well-cooked fat while drinking a good wine? So be a little bit… “irrational” and live!

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