Ethics & International Affairs articles from October 2001

Ethics & International Affairs archives from October 2001

Editor's Note.
October 1, 2001... As we go to press with this inaugural Autumn issue of Ethics & International Affairs, the events of Tuesday, September 11, dominate our thoughts and those of our readers. We are unable to address these concerns in this issue of the journal, but...

Why inequality matters: some economic issues.
October 1, 2001... Introduction High and growing inequality is the case not only in some industrialized countries, but in many of the world's developing countries and transitional, post-Communist economies. This essay is about why economic inequality matters...

International obligation and human health: evolving policy responses to HIV/AIDS.
October 1, 2001... The world is in the early stages of what will be the greatest health crisis since the advent of modern medical technologies. Millions of people--particularly people in many of the world's poor countries--are infected with HIV. The vast majority...

Prospects for transnational citizenship and democracy.
October 1, 2001... Nation-states are becoming increasingly integrated with one another. Increased integration has tended historically to be economic and commercial in nature, at least at first. But the case of the European Union suggests that once economies have...

Assigning responsibilities to institutional moral agents: the case of states and quasi-states.
October 1, 2001... Who are moral actors in international relations? The prominence of issues such as environmental degradation, humanitarian intervention, and global inequality in the distribution of resources and wealth challenges the theorist of international...

Moral agency and international society.
October 1, 2001... Politicians, op-ed page contributors, and informed public opinion are, quite characteristically, content to posit the existence of an "international community"--albeit often not without misgivings. There is no generally agreed understanding as...

The anti-sweatshop movement: constructing corporate moral agency in the global apparel industry.
October 1, 2001... Nike cuts off funds for 3 universities; schools claim firm is upset at their stance on labor practices --Washington Post, May 4, 2000 As biggest business, Wal-Mart propels changes elsewhere --New York Times, October 22, 2000 ...

Place-based environmentalism and global warming: conceptual contradictions of American environmentalism.
October 1, 2001... Until recently, the history of environmentalism was primarily a history of attention to place. (1) In the United States, environmentalists have gotten rather good at protecting and managing particular places such as mountains, forests, and...

On Immigration and Refugees. (Rethinking Refugees and Immigration).
October 1, 2001... On Immigration and Refugees, Michael Dummett (New York: Routledge, 2001), 176 pp., $45 cloth, $11.99 paper. Refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants currently suffer considerable injustice. In dealing with them, Western constitutional...

On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness. (Rethinking Refugees and Immigration).
October 1, 2001... On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness, Jacques Derrida, trans. Mark Dooley and Michael Hughes (New York: Routledge, 2001), 80 pp., $45 cloth, $11.99 paper. Refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants currently suffer considerable injustice. In...

The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States.
October 1, 2001... The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States, Robert H. Jackson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), 480 pp., $29.95 cloth. In an era of popular academic forecasts predicting the end of history, the nation-state, and the...

Michael Walzer on War and Justice.
October 1, 2001... Michael Walzer on War and Justice, Brian Orend (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000), 240 pp., $75 cloth, $24.95 paper. This book represents the first scholarly attempt at a synoptic view of the work of political philosopher...

Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity.
October 1, 2001... Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity, Priscilla B. Hayner (New York: Routledge, 2001), 340 pp., $27.50 cloth, $19.99 paper. These two books contribute to the vigorous international debate concerning ways in which...

Transitional Justice.
October 1, 2001... Transitional Justice, Ruff G. Teitel (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 304 pp., $35 cloth. These two books contribute to the vigorous international debate concerning ways in which fledgling democratic societies in transition from...

War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany.
October 1, 2001... War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany, Robert G. Moeller (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001), 385 pp., $45 cloth. Historian Robert Moeller's new book, War Stories: The Search for a Usable...

Hans J. Morgenthau: An Intellectual Biography.
October 1, 2001... Hans J. Morgenthau. An Intellectual Biography, Christoph Frei (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001), 252 pp., $49.9.5 cloth. The death in 1980 of political scientist Hans J. Morgenthau has only accelerated, rather than...

The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism against Democracy.
October 1, 2001... The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism against Democracy, Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski (Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001), 768 pp., $55 cloth, $29.95 paper. The passing of a decade of Russian...

Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change.
October 1, 2001... Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways (or Change, Robert Gottlieb (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001), 414 pp., $29.95 cloth. Environmentalism Unbound is billed by the publisher as providing "a new strategy for social and environmental...

The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights.
October 1, 2001... The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights, Robert F. Drinan, S. J. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001), 272 pp., $24.95 cloth. Robert Drinan is one of the most respected figures in the international human rights...

A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
October 1, 2001... A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Mary Ann Glendon (New York: Random House, 2001), 354 pp., $25.95 cloth. The full story of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights has never before...