...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.
Michael IgnatieffTag: politics human-rights geneva-convention
It is fear that turns minor difference into major, that makes the gulf between ethnicities into a distinction between species, between human and non-human.
Michael IgnatieffThe [articles of the Genva Convention] adopted by The International Committee drew upon...the codes of a warrior's honour...these codes vary from culture to culture and their common features are the oldest artifacts of human morality: from Christian chivalry... to the Japanese Bushido or way of the warrior... The codes acknowledged the moral paradox of battle: that those who fight ...bravely are bound [by]...mutual respect...
Michael IgnatieffThere is a subtle yet profound difference between giving up and letting go' Just let go. Look at me, Moe seems to say. I can't speak, I can't move, but by my soul I know what this life is for.
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