14-12-2014, 09:29 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:Scalia told a Swiss broadcast network that American and European liberals who say such tactics may never be used are being self-righteous.
All of Europe have signed the UN Convention Against Torture, so they're being lawful not self righteous. The 156 signatories undertake to take effective measures against torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in any territory under their jurisdiction.
Come to that the US signed that convention too.
Scalia needs to go back to law school and refresh his legal knowledge.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14