Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 4 (1990)
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| Special Section on Human Rights and Democratic Values |
| China's Sprouts of Democracy [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Why was it not until the mid-1980s that the intellectuals, the "democratic elite" of China, initiated a public dialogue about "inalienable" rights in the Western sense? The reason may lie in the impact of events in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Author(s): Merle Goldman |
| Is Democracy an Ethical Standard? [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Can history serve to uphold democracy as an ethical standard of governance? The author suggests that the basic and cross-temporal cornerstones of morality, the family and religion, serve as "intermediate" social structures in attaining the central virtues of a moral democracy. Author(s): James Turner Johnson |
| Marxism and Morality: Reflections on the Revolutions of 1989 [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Can the momentous events in Tianamen Square and the revolutionary changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe be seen as the inevitable triumph of one political ideology over another? Lukes contends that the Marxist morality failed because it didnt deliver on its promises. Author(s): Steven Lukes |
| Monitoring Human Rights: Problems of Consistency [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
The author highlights the different ways in which countries measure standards of human rights and social justice within their borders and in other countries. Author(s): Rhoda E. Howard |
| The Helsinki Accord: A Growth Industry [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Korey focuses on the U.S. delegation to the Commission on Security and Cooperation (CSCE) in Europe and credits the success of the Helsinki Accord to U.S. adroit negotiation strategies, beginning with the Carter administration. Author(s): William Korey |
| Articles |
| International Ethics and the Environmental Crisis [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Goodin outlines specific ways to overcome the crisis through international means, requiring each nation to reduce its own hazardous production, and enjoining a collective effort to confront the challenge of global environmental deterioration. Author(s): Robert E. Goodin |
| Debt and Wrong-Way Resource Flows in Costa Rica [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
External debt, poverty, and the use of natural resources are inextricably linked. Annis argues that the direction in which a country's economic resources are transferred—from poor to rich, or rich to poor—also sets the pattern for the flow of natural resources. Author(s): Sheldon Annis |
| Drawing the Line on Opprobrious Violence [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians, most particularly in a non-war environment, is an unjustifiable form of violence that can be defeated most effectively through multilateral efforts, according to Norton. Author(s): Augustus Richard Norton |
| Moral Standards Under Pressure: The Israeli Army and the 'Intifada' [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
The PLO practice of hiding behind civilians has produced severe tests for the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). Have Israeli soldiers abandoned their moral obligations in war during the time of Intifada? Author(s): Max Singer |
| Early Advocates of Lasting World Peace: Utopians or Realists? [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
Realist thinkers who once rejected the moral claims of the possibility of a lasting world peace now take the position that the goal of attaining it is clearly worth striving for, "however utopian it seemed when first advocated." Author(s): Sissela Bok |
| Peace Studies: Social Movement or Intellectual Discipline? [Abstract]
- 12/02/90
The author cites prominent academicians currently examining this trend and presents the case for accepting grass-roots social activism as a crucial link to the closed world of policy-making elites. Author(s): Kenneth W. Thompson |
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