Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis
The core of Mike Davis's book "Planet of Slums" is that the contemporary Third World urban poor are doubly cursed in ways that echo the ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt
Lynn Hunt's "Inventing Human Rights" develops an intriguing meditation on the relationships among art, morality, and political change. Hunt also raises questions of profound importance ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
The Clash Within: Religion, Violence, and India's Future by Martha C. Nussbaum
Nussbaum argues that her contribution is as that of a loudspeaker, since she feels that Indian developments are wrongly ignored in the United States and ...
Online Exclusive • 04/28/2008 • Essay
Torture Can Be Self-Defense: A Critique of Whitley Kaufman
In this online response, Uwe Steinhoff argues that Whitley Kaufman's denial that torturing the "ticking bomb terrorist" can be justifiable is incorrect.
Online Exclusive • 04/28/2008 • Essay
The Distributive Justice Theory of Self-Defense (Response to Whitley Kaufman)
Segev argues for a theory of distributive justice and considers its implications. This theory includes a principle of responsibility that was endorsed by others within ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Feature
Torture and the "Distributive Justice" Theory of Self-Defense: An Assessment
The goal of this feature is to demonstrate that distributive justice is a flawed theory of self-defense and must be rejected, thus undercutting the argument ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Feature
Deliberation and Global Governance: Liberal, Cosmopolitan, and Critical Perspectives
This paper develops a critical analysis of deliberative approaches to global governance. After first defining global governance and with a minimalist conception of deliberation in ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Feature
Justifications of the Iraq War Examined
This paper critically assesses three claims on behalf of the Iraq war made by the Bush administration and by various defenders of the war. Then ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Essay
Can There Be a "Kindered" Peace?
Arguably, children are among those most affected by contemporary models of conflict. Yet their plight is little discussed when it comes to agreeing on the ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Essay
On the Morality of Immigration
This essay makes a plea for the relevance of moral considerations in debates about immigration. It offers a standpoint that demonstrates why one should think ...