Online Exclusive • 11/7/2019 • Online Essay
Ends and Means: A Response to Rights as Weapons
In Clifford Bob’s latest book, Rights as Weapons, he argues that rights are not political ends in themselves but are rather an effective means ...
Online Exclusive • 11/7/2019 • Online Essay
Sources of Firepower for Weaponized Rights
“Rights” are often portrayed as things that are universal, apolitical, inherent, or natural, and as ends in themselves. But what if “rights” are mere rhetoric, ...
Online Exclusive • 11/7/2019 • Online Essay
Ruling by Rights: Rule Making and Embedded Normativity
Clifford Bob’s Rights as Weapons offers a gripping description of the manifold ways people use rights-claims to attain strategic goals. In addition to using ...
Online Exclusive • 11/7/2019 • Online Essay
A Conversation about the Politics of Rights within Rights as Weapons
Clifford Bob’s book Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power builds a powerful argument that rights can be weapons of political conflict. ...
Online Exclusive • 11/7/2019 • Blog
What We've Been Reading
Welcome to our roundup of news and current events related to ethics and international affairs! Here’s what we’ve been reading this month.