Global Ethics

How MONUSCO Contributed to Constructing the DRC as the ‘Dark Heart’ of Africa

Sofia Romansky • Oct 16 2020 • Essays

The role and scope of MONUSCO forces in the DRC were greatly influenced by Western perceptions of the country as the “dark” heart of Africa.

The Gendered Dimensions of Anti-Nuclear Weapons Policy

Yashna Agarwalla • Sep 28 2020 • Essays

Nuclear disarmament has become a gendered issue, as anti-nuclear movements are associated with peaceful and maternal femininity.

Is the Use of Torture Ever Morally Permissible?

Leo Barnes • Sep 16 2020 • Essays

While killing is permissible in war, the use of torture is never morally permissible because of its attack on and destruction of human dignity.

‘Illegal Criminals Invading’: Securitising Asylum-Seekers in Australia and the US

anon • Sep 12 2020 • Essays

Securitizing asylum-seeking disregards international refugee and human rights law while also leading to the inhumane treatment of those fleeing from persecution.

Out of the Dark: Civil Society in the Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty

Meredith Warren • Sep 3 2020 • Essays

The international campaign to abolish the death penalty highlights the “boomerang” model’s broad saliency in explaining the strategies of transnational networks.

Restorative Justice as a Response to Atrocity: Profound or Merely Pragmatic?

Grace Yeo • Aug 25 2020 • Essays

The pragmatism and profundity of restorative justice do not have to be mutually exclusive. They can be mutually reliant as modes of practice for restorative justice.

How Important is Neutrality in Providing Humanitarian Assistance?

Anahita Bordoloi • Aug 18 2020 • Essays

While neutrality is difficult to adhere to, it should be treated as the means to help provide aid to as many victims of conflict, and as quickly, as possible.

Assessing Globalisation’s Contribution to the Sex Trafficking Trade

Isabella Lahdo • Aug 14 2020 • Essays

The sex trafficking industry has been facilitated by Structural Adjustment Programs and the related economic vulnerability of women.

Accepting the Unacceptable: Christian Churches and the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Rita Deliperi • Aug 9 2020 • Essays

The role the Christian Church played has come to represent one of heaviest failures of Christian ethics and the institutions that profess and practice its commandments.

Understanding Refugees Through ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire

Sanya Chandra • Aug 2 2020 • Essays

Home forces us to contend with a larger problem – exclusion from the circle of grief based on the lack of shared norms of humanity.

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