Recent Articles
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Coercion, Justification, and Inequality: Defending Global Egalitarianism
I share Blake’s commitment to universal liberal values and also his commitment to autonomy. We part ways, however, over the question of when egalitarian ...
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Global Moral Egalitarianism and Global Distributive Egalitarianism
A global egalitarian approach is better for characterizing the wrongs involved in international exploitation than a global sufficientarian approach.
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Against Democratic Interventionism
While we should persuade foreigners to democratize, we have no right to forcibly impose a democratic political order on them so long as their current ...
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
The Ethics of Preventive War, Edited by Deen K. Chatterjee
Must states comply with the strict standards of international law when they have sound consequentialist reasons for waging preventive wars to avoid future threats of ...
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
International Judges: Is There a Global Ethic?
RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE Thousands of judges from across the globe now sit on international courts. It is time to systematically consider professional ethical standards.
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Rescuing Democracy in the Age of the Internet
DAVID RUNCIMAN There is a growing awareness that the greatest threat to democracy may no longer derive from human agency, but from new forms of ...
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
The Paradox of Liberation by Michael Walzer
REVIEW BY GEORGE RUPP This book provides a masterly refutation of a remarkably resilient array of stereotypes about religion and secularism.
SEP 9, 2015 • Journal
Rough Justice by David Bosco
This is the best account so far of the trajectory of the ICC from its optimistic origins to the more constrained court of today.
SEP 8, 2015 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Wealth and Resource Consumption of Megacities
How can megacities address global environmental challenges? A new study shows how ultra-dense city planning can be part of the solution.
SEP 1, 2015 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Schindler's List"
It's almost impossible to grasp the enormity of the Holocaust, and there's also the danger of regarding it as a one-time occurrence in the distant ...