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September 26, 2007
The following is a list of Council resources related to the articles in
Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 21.3, Fall 2007.
Robyn Eckersley
An Incomplete Victory at Ok Tedi
Stuart Kirsch,
University of Michigan
Litigation has been successfully utilized in combating
corporations that contribute to environmental degradation in developing
communities. However, the success of this approach is often tarnished by an
absence of effective environmental remediation and local development strategies.
(Human Rights Dialogue, Volume 2.2, Spring 2000)
Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model for International
Environmental Rights
Hari M. Osofsky, University of Oregon School
of Law
The human rights consequences of environmental harms lie at a
complicated legal intersection that poses several problems of characterization.
This is a result of the absence of a unified stance within international law
regimes. Therefore, a new model must be created in order to understand the
complex relationship between human rights and the environment. (Originally
published in the Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Summer 2004)
The Human Rights of the Sukan Al-ahwar (Marsh Arabs of Iraq)
Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, House of Lords & European
Parliament
Saddam Hussein's destruction of the Sukan Al-Ahwar marshes in
southern Iraq has impacted both the local environment and the human rights of
the indigenous population. His brutally systematic approach has been labeled as
genocide and deserving of intervention in order to protect a valuable natural
resource and save an ancient culture. (Article, October 2004)
Can Cultural Values Save the Environment?
Joel H.
Rosenthal, Carnegie Council; Joanne Bauer, Business and Human Rights
Resource Center; Dale Jamieson, New York University; Keith Kloor,
Audubon Magazine; Guobin Yang, Barnard College; Richard
Franke, Montclair State University
This forum is the culmination of a
multi-year project that sought to critically address ethics and the global
environment. The resulting work, Forging Environmentalism, is an
important collaborative effort that pushes the frontiers of research in
environmental ethics. (Panel Forum, September 2006)
Nancy
Kokaz
More Than Charity: Cosmopolitan Alternatives to the "Singer
Solution"
Andrew Kuper, Leapfrog Investments
Andrew Kuper
argues that poverty is the result of the exclusion of the poor from economic
arrangements. Charity alone is insufficient to remedy this situation.
Eliminating poverty requires a multifaceted approach that addresses these
complex economic interrelationships. (Ethics & International Affairs,
Volume 16.1, Spring 2002)
Poverty, Facts, and Political Philosophies: Response to "More Than
Charity"
Peter Singer, Princeton University
Despite Andrew
Kuper's assertions, Peter Singer contends that mass charity is the most
effective way to remedy poverty. He believes that this approach has the most
potential for eliminating global poverty and should be considered as a realistic
and effective strategy. (Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 16.1,
Spring 2002)
Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing Field
Joel H. Rosenthal, Carnegie Council; Ethan B. Kapstein,
INSEAD
In a lively session, Ethan Kapstein proposes just what the
international community can reasonably do to build a global economy that will be
fairer to all. (Public Affairs Lecture, November 2006)
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of
the New Millennium Project, proposes ways to end extreme poverty all over the
world by 2025.
(Public Affairs Lecture, March 2005)
John Rawls, "The Law of Peoples," and International Political
Theory
Review essay of A Theory of Justice, Political Liberalism, Collected
Papers, and The Law of Peoples, by John Rawls
Chris Brown, London
School of Economics
Through his initial works, John Rawls has created a
veritable industry regarding the analysis of his philosophies of social justice.
However, the reviewer believes that Rawls's recent work, Law of Peoples,
deserves particular attention due to the maturity of its arguments, which
improve on previous works. (Ethics & International Affairs, Volume
14, 2000)
Lisa Forman
International Obligation and Human Health: Evolving Policy
Responses to HIV/AIDS
Paul G. Harris, Lingnan University, Hong
Kong; Patricia Siplon, Saint Michael's College, Vermont
HIV/AIDS
presents profound moral and ethical questions for developed states. It is their
responsibility to assist the poor in managing and reversing this human tragedy.
How this assistance is applied will determine their success. (Ethics
& International Affairs, Volume 15.2, Fall 2001)
Reward Pharmaceutical Innovators in Proportion to the Health
Impact of Their Invention
Thomas W. Pogge, Columbia University,
Australian National University
Infectious diseases threaten developing states
and result in very high mortality rates and perpetuation of poverty. There are
often medical remedies, however international patent law, through the auspices
of TRIPS [Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights] Agreement,
limits accessibility. (Policy Innovations Online Magazine, September
2006)
Protecting Knowledge
Justin VanFleet, American
Association for the Advancement of Science
TRIPS [Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights] prevents indigenous communities from using their
knowledge for medical care, agricultural production, or sacred purposes, thus
undermining their social, economic, and cultural rights.
(Human Rights
Dialogue, Volume 2.9, Spring 2003)
Why MES With Human Rights?
Radhika Balakrishnan,
Marymount Manhattan College
Considering the human rights of the poor has a
significant impact on attempts to alleviate poverty. The integration of macro
economic strategies with human rights can potentially improve the effectiveness
of poverty eradication initiatives.
(Policy Innovations Online
Magazine, October 2005)
Alessandra Arcuri
The Ethics of Climate Change and the Global Economy: Online
Conversation #3
Matthew Taylor, RSA
Two features of the global
warming thesis offer a rationale for citizens in high emission nations to refuse
to act: the science of climate change is contested, and the microcosmic impact
of any individual’s carbon footprint. To deal with these, the philosophical case
needs to be bolstered. (Online conversation between Matthew Taylor, RSA Chief
Executive, and Joel Rosenthal, Carnegie Council President, July 2007)
Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle
Officials
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discuss the success of the
Montreal Protocol in limiting ozone depletion. They also reflect on scientific
certainty, public policy, and the relevance of the precautionary principle for
remedying climate change. (Video, August 2007)
Secretary or General?: The UN Secretary-General in World Politics
Simon Chesterman, New York University School of Law; James
Traub
Known as the most impossible job on earth, the tensions between the
roles of being Secretary or General have confronted every UN Secretary-General.
What will be Ban Ki-moon's strategy be? (Public Affairs Lecture, February
2007)
The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American
World Power
James Traub, The New York Times
James Traub
discusses the troubled relationship between the UN and the world's only
superpower. (Public Affairs Lecture, November 2006)
Economic Justice in an Unfair World: Toward a Level Playing
Field
Ethan Kapstein, INSEAD
In a lively session, Ethan
Kapstein proposes just what the international community can reasonably do to
build a global economy that will be fairer to all. (Public Affairs Lecture,
November 2006)
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