Author: Petr Hampl

On egoism

All or almost all people tend to act selfishly. Trying to change this is foolish. But this does not mean that everyone tends to act only selfishly. In fact, a…

On taqiyya

The meaning of the term ” taqiyya” is quite well known among independent-minded people. In Islam, the term is used to describe a martial lie. A Muslim confuses the infidels…

On governments

In his early writings, Samuel Huntington distinguished between “form of government” (democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, etc.) and “degree of government.” The degree of government is, in his view, more important. Degree…

On human rights

I consider my contribution to the anthology Human Rights from the Right and the Left, which has just been published in Czech, to be the most important thing I have…