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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...n". As usual, Judaism was there first, agonizing over similar moral conflicts. Two Jewish sayings amount to a reluctant admission of the relativity... ...as many drawbacks. One, it leads to moral relativism. Consider this maxim from the Jewish Talmud: "Do not do unto thy friend that which you hate". ... ...itic arguments more closely and in an unbiased manner: Argument number one - Being Jewish is a racial distinction - not only a religious one If ra... .... Only Jews become automatic citizens of Israel (the infamous Law of Return). The Jewish Response: Race has been invariably used as an argument ag... ...y no biological test or restriction on joining the collective that is known as the Jewish people or the religion that is Judaism. It is true that s... ...ht of the political map - all three polities of central Europe lurched to the left. Socialists were elected to replace economically successful right... ...h parts of the continent have blurred to the point of indistinguishability. French socialists have privatized more than their conservative predeces... ...the past. Many of the "old, safe hands" are former communists disingenuously turned socialists turned democrats turned capitalists. As even revoluti...

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