Global Ethics

Popular Culture & the Representation of Women’s ‘Agency’ During Indian Partition

Arpita Roy • Nov 5 2014 • Essays

From popular culture in India, we can identify examples of the strategic deployment of women’s agency. Discussions of agency are necessary for feminist resistance.

Legitimacy and the US-led Invasion of Iraq

Camille Mulcaire • Oct 17 2014 • Essays

The existence of legitimate norms & principles within international society did, in fact, exert influence over the US’ behaviour in its 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Can There be an ‘Islamic Democracy’?

Camille Mulcaire • Sep 25 2014 • Essays

Whilst there can be no universally satisfactory formulation of ‘Islamic Democracy’, there are numerous Muslim approaches to democracy (some conciliatory, others not).

Are Economic Sanctions a Viable Strategy for Coercing Another State?

Jon Regnart • Sep 6 2014 • Essays

Economic sanctions fail in most of their major ambitions, and their ethical justifications are based on a distorted form of consequentialist ethics.

The Construction of Immigration in Italian Media

Giulia Matassa • Aug 25 2014 • Essays

The framing of immigration in Italian media takes a security, military or economic shape. This problematically ‘others’ & delegitimises those immigrants.

Does the State Always Precede the Nation in the Middle East & North Africa?

Julian Modiano • Aug 14 2014 • Essays

Taking Turkey and Egypt as two conflicting examples, the issue of whether the state precedes the nation is illuminated in its multi-varied and complex nature.

Non-Western Perspectives on Constitutional Supremacy

Sheena Singh • Aug 8 2014 • Essays

Greater flexibility, vulnerability, and uncertainty differentiate constitutional supremacy in non-Western countries such as Turkey and India from Western nations.

The Arab Uprisings, Globalisation and Postmodernity

Ueli Staeger • Aug 5 2014 • Essays

The profane demands of Arab postmodernity did not reject the general idea of modernisation; they safeguarded a universal sense of amelioration and emancipation.

Religion and Globalization: New Possibilities, Furthering Challenges

Daniel Golebiewski • Jul 16 2014 • Essays

The relationship between religion and globalization is complex, one with new possibilities and furthering challenges.

The Just War Tradition and Utopian Political Thought

Min Goo Lee • Jul 11 2014 • Essays

War is neither humane nor inhumane; it is merely human, and to elevate the phenomenon to a humane altitude is a utopian project beyond mankind’s present reach.

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