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Cosmopolitan Pacifism
No full textIn this paper I argue that cosmopolitanism prohibits war and requires a global approach to criminal justice. My argument proceeds by drawing out some implications of the core cosmopolitan intuition that every human being has a moral status which constrains how they may be treated. In the first part of this paper, I describe cosmopolitanism. In the second part, Cosmopolitanism and War, I analyse violence, consider the standards cosmopolitanism sets for its justification, and argue that war fails to meet them. In the third part, Cosmopolitanism and Criminal Justice, I argue that cosmopolitanism implies a moral obligation to deal justly with human wrongdoing wherever it occurs. Cosmopolitan pacifism follows: war is prohibited, and a consistent global criminal justice system is required. In the fourth part, Why No Cosmopolitan Pacifists?, I consider why cosmopolitans tend not to identify as pacifists, and in the final part, Objections, I discuss some objections
After 9/11: Making Pacifism Plausible
No full textFor many, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11th 2001 pressed the question of what is the right response to international violence. While some believe a 'war on terror' is the right response, pacifists rule it out. In this paper I compare terrorist attack with natural disaster to provide a new argument for a pacifist response to attack. In 1. I explain the victim-centred approach of this paper. In 2. I use the victim perspective to argue that terrorist attack is best seen as a natural disaster, and in 3. I argue that naturalistic explanations for violence support this view. In 4. I compare the different responses of key bystanders, the American political elite, to patent disasters and to 9/11. In 5. I spell out why a 'war on terror' is an irrational and impermissible response. In 6. I consider what a rational response informed by the victim perspective and empirical research on violence will be, and in 7. I conclude
Needs and Moral Necessity
No full textNeeds and Moral Necessity analyses ethics as a practice, explains why we have three moral theory-types, consequentialism, deontology and virtue ethics, and argues for a fourth needs-based theory
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