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In April 1999, Wiesel delivered the speech "The Perils of Indifference" in Washington D.C., criticizing the people and countries who chose to be indifferent while the Holocaust was happening. [68] He defined indifference as being neutral between two sides, which, in this case, amounts to overlooking the victims of the Holocaust.
The principle of indifference (also called principle of insufficient reason) is a rule for assigning epistemic probabilities. The principle of indifference states that in the absence of any relevant evidence, agents should distribute their credence (or "degrees of belief") equally among all the possible outcomes under consideration.
Under the Constitution, only Congress can declare war, and under the treaties to which the U.S. is a party, there must be a moral, legal basis — a credible military threat from a foreign ...
National indifference is the status of lacking a strong and consistent national identity. The concept was originated by scholars of the Bohemian lands , where many inhabitants historically resisted classification as either Czechs or Germans , around 2000. [ 1 ]
Read the full text of that speech below: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you've bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.
Bystander indifference “allows horrible things to happen,” Auschwitz Pledge Foundation General Director Jacek Kastelaniec said. “Our goal is to find [a way] to influence attitudes.”
Indifference may refer to: Apathy, a psychological attitude; A concept of beneficial detachment in Ignatian spirituality; Indifference, 1985 album by the ...
The decision also cemented the current deliberate-indifference standard. Dee Farmer was the first out transgender plaintiff to have a case heard by the Supreme Court.