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DEC 15, 2009 Journal

An Ethic of Political Reconciliation

The core proposition of this article is that reconciliation, both as a process and an end state, is a concept of justice. Its animating virtue ...

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

Categorizing Groups, Categorizing States: Theorizing Minority Rights in a World of Deep Diversity

Kymlicka believes that it is Walzer's idiosyncratic approach to categorization—more than his controversial theory of justice-as-common-meanings—which explains his relatively marginal role in the ...

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

A Few Words on Mill, Walzer, and Nonintervention

Comparing Mill's "Non-Intervention" and Walzer's "Just and Unjust Wars" (1977) links two classic statements on just wars of intervention. Doyle concludes that interventionist arguments should go ...

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

The Moral Standing of States Revisited

"The Moral Standing of States" is the title of an essay Michael Walzer wrote in response to four critics of the theory of nonintervention defended ...

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

Introduction [Full Text]

This symposium is comprised of three key articles from a 2008 conference to honor Michael Walzer. Each article discusses one of the most fundamental aspects of ...

DEC 15, 2009 Podcast

On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

Compromise can be a political virtue, especially for the sake of peace. When is political compromise acceptable, and when is it fundamentally rotten? What if ...

DEC 14, 2009 Podcast

Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What it Will Mean for Our World

The real key to bringing economic and political change to the Muslim world is capitalism, says Vali Nasr. Entrepreneurial middle classes the world over have ...

DEC 11, 2009 Podcast

Am I My Brothers' Keeper?

This short video on ethics asks: Are we responsible for the well-being of children around the globe, millions of whom die every year from preventable ...

DEC 11, 2009 Podcast

Prospects for Arms Control in the Obama Administration: An Interview with John Isaacs

John Isaacs, Executive Director of the Council for a Livable World, discusses nuclear weapons treaties and their relevance for U.S. foreign policy, domestic politics, ...

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DEC 10, 2009 Podcast

Prospects for Arms Control in the Obama Administration

John Isaacs discusses nuclear weapons treaties and their relevance for U.S. foreign policy, domestic politics, and the global arms control agenda.