[csmpltn]

The Nobel prize is awarded by a committee of (largely) Judeo-Christian westerners, in a western country.

Equivalent awards given out by dictatorships or theocracies around the world can be just as easily seen through the same lens of hypocrisy and cynicism.

[wslh]

I am courious: could you name the committee members? [1] I am sure they are westerners, not clear about if the "Judeo-Christian" claim is very precise [0]

Obviously there is a bias in the awards, but is there a way to not be biased? Also, there is space to create better Nobel prizes for sure so blaming Nobel prize is in a way linked to the world incapacity to promote something better?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Christian?wprov=sfti1

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee?wpro...

[alephnerd]

> Judeo-Christian westerners, in a western country

No. Only a handful of elite Norwegians, as the committee is 5 former MPs selected by the Norwegian parliament.

Apartheid South Africa's leaders were Judeo-Christian westerners as well, but the award was given to their foe Nelson Mandela

[krmboya]

Can the West still be characterized as Judeo-christian? Western culture seems largely liberal at this point with the more religious people being lumped to the right wing.

It is said many churches/cathedrals in Europe are now appreciated more for their historical value than as places of worship

[throw4847285]

The word Judeo-Christian is often used to refer to exactly that kind of secularized Christian morality which undergirds the post-Enlightenment west. It became popular as a means to combat anti-Semitism in America, by arguing that Jews and Christians (and nobody else) shared some kind of common moral framework which so happens to be what the United States was built on.

The problem is, if you asked Jews 200 years prior about "Judeo-Christian values" they would have laughed you out of the ghetto. It's solely the product of an assimilating Jewish population trying to make a claim to American identity, like Italian Americans and Columbus Day. It's also totally entangled in debates about Zionism, as Judeo-Christian comes to mean "Abrahamic but not Muslim." Actually, you hear Abrahamic get used more often as Muslims in America stake a similar claim to America.

[eunos]

*Swedish

Much more specific

[sahlab]

The Nobel peace prize is awarded by a Norwegian committee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee

[astura]

No, The Peace prize, specifically, is awarded by the The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Nobel_Committee