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JAN 6, 2014 • Journal
Why We Need a Just Rebellion Theory
Because these two influential streams of thought are in such tension with each other, our thinking about rebellion in the West tends to be piecemeal, ...
JAN 6, 2014 • Journal
Christian Just War Reasoning and Two Cases of Rebellion: Ireland 1916–1921 and Syria 2011–Present
Christian just war reasoning is conservative in its recognition that peaceful order is basic to all other forms of human flourishing, and so should not ...
JAN 6, 2014 • Journal
Muslim Discourse on Rebellion
Within Islamic thought, the judgments pertaining to rebels--known as ahkam al-bughat--constitute a subset of the larger category of “judgments pertaining to armed struggle,” or ahkam ...
JAN 6, 2014 • Journal
Ad Fontes: The Question of Rebellion and Moral Tradition on the Use of Force
JAMES TURNER JOHNSON On the older conception, the sovereign could use force against behavior that he understood as endangering the order, justice, and peace of ...
JAN 6, 2014 • Journal
A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change by Stephen M. Gardiner
REVIEW BY PAUL WAPNER The challenges and complexities of the global, intergenerational, and theoretical tempests related to climate change conspire to create the perfect storm, ...
JAN 6, 2014 • Journal
The Ethical Imperative of Curbing Corporate Tax Avoidance
If the future of human rights is dependent on the capacity of the state to fulfill them, then one must focus on how the private ...
DEC 19, 2013 • Article
Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Dirty Wars"
"Dirty Wars" chronicles the undeclared shadow wars fought across the globe in the name of American national security--as well as the highly secretive agencies who ...
DEC 16, 2013 • Article
Jeffrey Sachs: Idealist or Extreme Pragmatist?
Nina Munk's book about economist Jeffrey Sachs portrays his defense of the global poor as an act of faithful idealism. She could not have it ...
DEC 10, 2013 • Article
Ill Fares the Invisible Hand
According to census data from 2012, there are 46.5 million Americans currently living in poverty. That is more than one in seven Americans, or roughly 15 percent of ...
DEC 5, 2013 • Journal Online Exclusive
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