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MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Humor, Ethics, and Dignity: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
This essay explores humans’ unique ability to understand context, something that is evident in both humor and ethics, and something that AI lacks.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Introduction: Balancing Legal Norms, Moral Values, and National Interests
How do states reconcile national interests with legal norms and moral values? One answer lies in the concept of good international citizenship.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
A Christian View of Humanitarian Intervention
Even when humanitarian intervention violates the letter of international law, and even when it is motivated by self-interest, it may still be morally justified.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Secessionist Conflict: A Happy Marriage between Norms and Interests?
In secessionist conflicts, actors tend to choose norms that align with their interests. But there are important outlier cases that complicate this picture, writes Rafael ...
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Unresolved and Unresolvable? Tensions in the Refugee Regime
Advancing durable solutions does not necessarily mean overcoming the inherent tensions in the refugee regime between law, morality, and national interests.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Conflicting Norms, Values, and Interests: A Perspective from Legal Academia
This essay argues that norms, values, and interests do not inhabit different universes, but are interrelated concepts.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Humanitarian Diplomacy: The ICRC’s Neutral and Impartial Advocacy in Armed Conflicts
This essay argues that there is an important place for the ICRC’s style of “quiet” diplomacy alongside other “loud” forms of advocacy.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Could a United Nations Code of Conduct Help Curb Atrocities? A Response to Bolarinwa Adediran
Although a UN code of conduct may have little effect on Security Council decision-making, the proposals have already proven their worth in political and normative ...
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
The Many Evils of Inequality: An Examination of T. M. Scanlon’s Pluralist Account
This review essay presents an in-depth theoretical look at—and critique of—Scanlon’s pluralist approach to objectionable inequality.
MAR 8, 2019 • Journal
Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of International Punishment, by Daniele Archibugi and Alice Pease
In this book, Archibugi and Pease survey familiar territory, but they distinguish their contribution by using case studies to tell their story, focusing on the ...