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DEC 18, 2008 • Journal
Apology, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair
These works provide a rich introduction to some of the processes needed in transitions from injustices to more humane relationships. They address different levels of ...
DEC 18, 2008 • Journal Online Exclusive
Michael Goodhart Replies to Eva Erman
Erman's reaction shows that she misses the main point at issue. She insists that democracy means "rule by the people"; I define it as a ...
DEC 18, 2008 • Journal Online Exclusive
On Goodhart's Global Democracy (A Critique)
In this critique of Michael Goodhart's "Human Rights and Global Democracy," Eva Erman argues that Goodhart has reconceptualized democracy and therefore does not offer a ...
DEC 18, 2008 • Journal
Human Rights and Global Democracy
This essay argues that human rights are a necessary condition for global democracy. Human rights constrain power, enable meaningful political agency, and support and promote ...
DEC 16, 2008 • Podcast
Devin Stewart Interviews Seth Kaplan on "Fixing Fragile States"
Seth Kaplan looks at how weak states can promote and leverage "social cohesion" to help build development from the bottom up.
DEC 16, 2008 • Podcast
Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities
The international community has begun to consider the "highest attainable standard of health" as a fundamental component of the human rights agenda, alongside related issues ...
DEC 12, 2008 • Podcast
Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization
How can we understand the dynamics of globalization? Author David Singh Grewal explains that the idea of network power supplies a coherent set of terms ...
DEC 12, 2008 • Podcast
Devin Stewart Interviews Chong-Pin Lin
Dr. Lin discusses Taiwan's current political crisis; relations with China; climate change; the future of democracy in East Asia; what Obama's presidency may mean for ...
DEC 12, 2008 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Robots, the Battlefield, and Ethics
Can intelligent robot soldiers be designed to be more ethical in battle than human soldiers? Would you prefer a robot or a human deciding about ...
DEC 11, 2008 • Podcast
Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and other Economic Leaders
Michael Kinsley and William Easterly discuss Bill Gates's controversial proposal for "creative capitalism," in which big corporations integrate doing good into their way of doing ...