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SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Reconstructing Precaution, Deconstructing Misconceptions
This essay contributes to the debate on the precautionary principle in two ways: 1) it clarifies what is entailed by a mild formulation of the principle ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Trade Rules, Intellectual Property, and the Right to Health
In perpetuating and exacerbating restricted access to essential medicines, current trade-related intellectual property rules on medicines may violate core human rights to health and medicines. ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Poverty and Global Justice
Poverty eradication has been identified as the largest challenge facing international society in its quest for a peaceful, prosperous, and just world. Kokaz responds to ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal Online Exclusive
Some Worries about Ecological-Humanitarian Intervention and Ecological Defense
Eckersley's arguments for pre-emptive ecological-humanitarian intervention and ecological defense are intriguing. However, the delicacy of these scenarios requires careful attention to the feasibility and overall ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal Online Exclusive
Ecological Intervention in Defense of Species
Though there is much to engage with throughout the article, I shall only focus on one small part of it: the viability of military or ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal Online Exclusive
Ecological Intervention and Anthropocene Ethics
Robyn Eckersley's elegant and eloquent argument concerning the limits of "ecological intervention" is constrained by the scope of what is included in her definition of ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal Online Exclusive
On Not Being Green about Ecological Intervention
"I am sympathetic to Eckersley's assessment of the importance of these problems, but there are certain implications of her (albeit qualified) endorsement of ecological intervention ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
Ecological Intervention: Prospects and Limits [Full Text]
This essay seeks to extend the already controversial debate about humanitarian intervention by exploring the morality, legality, and legitimacy of ecological intervention and its corollary, ...
SEP 3, 2007 • Journal
The Politics of PEPFAR: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [Full Text]
In his January 2003 State of the Union Address, President Bush called for the U.S to commit $15 billion over five years to address the international ...