When homeland becomes an opportunity for gain

The title of this article captures the essence of the moral tragedy inherent in the concept of betrayal. It revolves around a critical question: when do a person’s natural priorities – survival, money, status, safety – turn into ‘treason’ worthy of condemnation? Not everyone who puts personal interest before the …

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Betrayal – a loss of a ‘sense of being’ and ‘belonging’

In language, betrayal is defined as the ‘breach of a covenant’ or the ‘breaking of a promise’. But philosophically, it is more than just breaking a rule – it is the rupture of a relationship built on trust, where expectations, explicit or implicit, are shared between people. What sets betrayal …

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