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„Happy New-Year“ – Brasiliens wichtigster Befreiungstheologe Frei Betto. „Ethics and Politics.“

Samstag, 02. Januar 2010 von Klaus Hart

Why wish others a Happy New-Year when there is so much unhappiness around us? Â Will the next year be happy for Afghans and Iraqis and for the American soldiers who obey the orders of a president who qualifies as ”just the wars of genocidal occupation? Will the African children reduced to skeletons with eyes perplexed from the torture of hunger be happy? Will we all be happy knowing of the failures in Copenhagen which save profits and compromise sustainability? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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What is happiness? Aristotle pointed out: it is the higher good which we all desire. Thomas Aquinas, my co-friar alerted: even when we practise evil. From Hitler to Mother Teresa of Calcutta everyone seeks, in all they do, their own happiness.

http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2009/12/12/folter-ohne-ende-tortura-sem-fim-brasiliens-soziologiezeitschrift-sociologia-uber-folter-unter-der-lula-regierung/

http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2009/12/11/blogger-yoani-and-her-contradicitions-brasiliens-wichtigster-befreiungstheologe-frei-betto-und-der-mainstream/