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JAN 26, 2005 • Article
Accountability: How to Treat Unlawful Combatants
If I were giving President Bush advice for his second term, I would argue that the new administration ought to establish an accountability mechanism–a ...
NOV 5, 2004 • Article
Realism Reconsidered: A Tribute to James Chace
“James is somebody whom I admire for his many virtues. It is appropriate that we appear here tonight under the banner of “ethics.” James is ...
NOV 2, 2004 • Article
New Rules for War?
In launching a campaign to disarm and liberate Iraq, the United States has crossed, some say hurdled across, two thresholds—one strategic, the other diplomatic. ...
AUG 31, 2004 • Article
Ask the Candidates—and Ourselves
Election seasons are a time of bromides—easy claims of moral clarity and virtue. Yet elections can also heighten our awareness of important issues, encouraging ...
MAY 6, 2004 • Article
From the Margins to the Mainstream: A Blueprint for Ethics and International Affairs
For me, the way into the study of ethics and international affairs begins with the concept of choice. Ethics is a reflection on the choices ...