Ethics & International Affairs articles from December 2008

Ethics & International Affairs archives from December 2008

On promoting democracy.(Essay)
December 22, 2008... The first question that we have to ask about promoting democracy is the question of agency: Who are the promoters? Most of the recent arguments have focused on the state, that is, on the already democratic states and, particularly, the United...

Norms, minorities, and collective choice online.
December 22, 2008... Much work in political science and political theory, ranging from the arguments of eighteenth-century political theorists, such as Condorcet and Rousseau, to modern social-choice theory, concerns the relationship between decision rules and...

Humanitarian intervention and the distribution of sovereignty in international law.(Essay)
December 22, 2008... What is the relationship between the legality and legitimacy of humanitarian intervention? By "humanitarian intervention," I mean an uncontroversial definition of the concept, namely, "the threat or use of force across state borders by a state...

Human rights and global democracy.(Essay)
December 22, 2008... Over the past dozen years or so democratic theorists and activists have become increasingly worried about globalization's adverse effects on democracy. Their concerns include: (1) democratic deficits, or the lack of democratic control over...

Apology, forgiveness, and moral repair.(Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration)(I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies)(Moral Repair: Reconstructing Moral Relations after Wrongdoing)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration, Charles L. Griswold (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 268 pp., $80 cloth, $21.99 paper. I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies, Nick Smith (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,...

Theory of World Security.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Theory of World Security, Ken Booth (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 521 pp., $99 cloth, $36.99 paper. Ken Booth describes Theory of World Security as the culmination of a thirty-year project. Indeed, it is a work of truly...

After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council, Ian Hurd (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2007), 221 pp., $35 cloth, $22.95 paper. Scholars of international relations have long argued that the...

International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation.(Book review)
December 22, 2008... International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation, Victor Peskin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008), 294 pp., $85 cloth. Victor Peskin's analysis of international justice...

Targeting Civilians in War.(Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Targeting Civilians in War, Alexander B. Downes (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2008), 328 pp., $29.95 cloth. Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War, Hugo Slim (New York: Columbia University Press, 2008), 300 pp.,...

Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations.(Briefly Noted)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations, Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008), 250 pp., $24.95 cloth. While we have seen countries such as Malaysia, South Korea,...

Hiroshima: The World's Bomb.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2008... Hiroshima: The World's Bomb, Andrew J. Rotter (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), 368 pp., $29.95 cloth. Andrew Rotter provides a readable and thought-provoking global history of the atom bomb--its development, demonstration, and...

Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective.(Briefly Noted)
December 22, 2008... Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective, Amitav Acharya and Alastair Iain Johnston, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 330 pp., $90 cloth, $34.99 paper. Crafting Cooperation...