Ethics & International Affairs articles from September 2007

Ethics & International Affairs archives from September 2007

The politics of PEPFAR: the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
September 1, 2007... In January 2003, President George W. Bush called for the United States to commit $15 billion over five years to address the international AIDS epidemic. More recently, in May, 2007, President Bush called for the reauthorization of the...

Ecological intervention: prospects and limits.
September 1, 2007... Violence in civil conflicts in the post-Cold War period has ignited a heated debate about the morality, legality, and legitimacy of humanitarian intervention. Recriminations continue against the failure of the United Nations Security Council to...

Poverty and global justice.
September 1, 2007... Poverty eradication has been repeatedly singled out as the largest challenge facing international society in its quest for a peaceful, prosperous, and just world. (1) This should come as no surprise, given the vast number of persons afflicted...

Trade rules, intellectual property, and the right to health.(Essay)
September 1, 2007... While the inaccessibility of lifesaving medicines in developing countries has long presented a grave international health problem, current trade rules perpetuate and exacerbate this dilemma. I argue that by restricting access to essential...

Reconstructing precaution, deconstructing misconceptions.(Essay)
September 1, 2007... Myriad articles have been written about the precautionary principle; some commentators have tried to clarify its content, others have praised the principle, and still others have decried it and eventually advocated for its repeal or...

The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations.
September 1, 2007... The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations, Paul Kennedy (New York: Random House, 2006), 384 pp., $26.95 cloth, $15.95 paper. Secretary or General? The UN Secretary-General in World Politics, Simon...

Ethics in Action: The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Ethics in Action: The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations., Daniel A. Bell and Jean-Marc Coicaud, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 334 pp., $34.99 paper. Between 2002 and 2005,...

Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field, Ethan B. Kapstein (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006), 272 pp., $27.95 cloth. Economic Justice in an Unfair World is a stimulating, well-researched book combining...

Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Rationality and the Ideology of Disconnection, Michael Taylor (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 238 pp., $75 cloth, $26.99 paper. This passionate book is a powerful conceptual, empirical, and normative critique of Rational...

Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency, Richard A. Posner (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 208 pp., $18.95 cloth. Sadly, discussions of the pricklier issues of law, terrorism, and security rarely...