WTF is up with this? “We didn’t want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren’t virgins in the first place,” the general said. And this? Bollier asked him, “And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘justice’
Old guys know best.
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, law, philosophy on 31 May 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Revisiting Sen’s “Development as Freedom”
Posted in Policy, tagged Collier, development, economics, justice, Sen on 9 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m quite the fan of Amartya Sen’s writing, which I hope has been able to inform at least some of what I’m able to contribute — both in a personal and professional capacity. At any rate, I returned to Development as Freedom recently, and am quite pleased with the result. Thus, here is the review [...]
Narratives
Posted in Politics, tagged Berlin, justice, otherness on 10 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coverage of the commemorative activities of the fall of the Berlin Wall, now twenty years ago, has been surprisingly insightful. Surprising, because the meta-narrative of the thing has surely been solidified well enough to fit decently into any Western (liberal, democratic) tale of societal progress, etc. While it is of course disingenuous to assert the [...]
Theoretical peace?
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, Nobel Prize, Obama, peace on 9 October 2009 | 3 Comments »
It has just been announced that President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, for his administration’s “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” This is a remarkable decision, and though I’m just about as entrenched an Obama supporter as a common citizen can be, it may not be remarkable for [...]
Hear, hear.
Posted in Politics, tagged jus in bello, just war, justice, torture on 17 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been catching up on some reading tonight, and have been struck by two gentlemen whose credentials are the ultimate vouchers for their claims. While their position is hardly novel in either academic theory or political discourse, it seems worth at least a moment to reflect on the fact that they are both retired Marine [...]
Debate and casuistry
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, law, non-cooperation, Obama, otherness, realism, sovereignty on 9 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A tenet that will surely continue to be heard as the new administration establishes its image on the world stage is that compromises between ideals and security will no longer be tolerated. The notion featured prominently in the President’s inaugural, and was most recently repeated by the Vice President in his speech to the Munich [...]
Day one
Posted in Policy, tagged justice, Obama, partnership, prudence, security on 21 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama will forever be a momentous occasion in American history, the symbolism of the day broad such that any could find therein the personal motivation to do right, the significance of the event clear such that the world would pause to take notice, the intentions of the President clear such [...]
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