Online Exclusive • 10/14/2014 • Blog
Why Fossil Fuel Divestment Is Working
Fossil fuel divestment has its limitations and will only be successful in conjunction with broader action. Nonetheless, the movement is already having significant positive impacts ...
Online Exclusive • 10/6/2014 • Blog
The Paradox of Using Human Shields in War
MICHAEL GROSS May guerrillas use human shields? The short answer is yes, but not always.
Fall 2014 (28.3) • Journal Issue
Fall 2014 (28.3)
This issue features an essay by Mark Osiel on identifying the perpetrators of atrocity crimes; a centennial roundtable on climate change featuring Stephen M. Gardiner, ...
Online Exclusive • 09/30/2014 • Blog
ISIS and the Ethics of Delegation in Fighting Terrorism
NICK GVOSDEV Just because groups may benefit from U.S. support and air power in fighting ISIS does not mean that they are prepared to ...
Online Exclusive • 09/30/2014 • Blog
The Impending Failure of the Sustainable Development Goals
SCOTT WISOR The Millennium Development Goals suffered from serious design flaws, but these were perhaps understandable. Those putting together the successor agreement have no such ...
Online Exclusive • 09/22/2014 • Blog
Why Climate Change Divestment Will Not Work
Instead of devoting scarce resources toward a divestment campaign, we need to direct attention to the more urgent and effective task of placing a price ...
Online Exclusive • 09/4/2014 • Blog
Mary Dudziak on Civil Liberties During WWI and Beyond
For Dudziak, "Just as the nation is perpetually focused on security, we must also be perpetually focused on maintaining constitutional liberty."
Fall 2014 (28.3) • Essay
The Dawning of an Earth Ethic
So far we have failed to act on the scale or with the urgency required to avert the unfolding disaster of climate change. Why are ...
Fall 2014 (28.3) • Essay
Ethical Enhancement in an Age of Climate Change
The world is dashing toward greater and more devastating climate intensification. Nonetheless, opportunities for moral action abound.
Fall 2014 (28.3) • Essay
A Call for a Global Constitutional Convention Focused on Future Generations
The climate problem is usually misdiagnosed as a traditional tragedy of the commons, but this obscures two deeper and distinctively ethical challenges. We must call ...