Tag: Terrorism & war
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Sheer survival: choices in war
The recent arrest of Ratko Mladic for war crimes in Bosnia has increased the intensity of the annual focus on the events at Srebrenica in 1995. That...
PW Singer on Wired for War
In Wired for War, Peter Warren Singer took us through a chilling inventory of contemporary use of robotics in warfare to ask what is right and wrong...
Reflecting on the execution of the Bali bombers
The execution of Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra provides an opportunity for us to take responsibility for our attitudes to their fate, writes Simon...
A war on civil and political liberties
The product of hard-won battles fought from the time of Magna Carta onwards – these liberties have come to be understood as the property of...
Terrorism and capital punishment: ethics survey comments
St James Ethics Centre's informal Terrorism & Capital Punishment ethics survey was conducted in August 2003. Below is just a small selection of...
Terrorism and capital punishment
Terrorism & Capital Punishment cartoon - © Marc van de Griendt The decision to sentence the convicted Bali bombers, Amrozi and Imam...
War in Iraq: a just war?
Given the realities of Australia’s alliance with the United States, it now seems inevitable that we will line up as part of the President...
War in Iraq
Australia's regional neighbours have been stung by John Howard's bold endorsement of unilateral, pre-emptive military action to secure the safety of...
September 11: six months on
Six months after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, much of the discussion about how best to respond to the evolving situation has focussed...
The path of expanding terror
As I write this piece, the world is still trying to come to terms with the implications of savage attacks launched by terrorists against the people...
Don't let the terrorists recruit us to their cause
When terrorists launched their murderous attack on the United States on 11 September 2001, they initiated a process that will extend in its effects...
Responding to terrorism
If ever there was a time for a victorious power to resist the temptation to gloat over its defeated enemy, to extract its ‘pound of flesh...
Is ethical progress possible?
I am regularly asked whether or not I believe that the world is becoming more ethical over time. In the discussion that ensues it emerges that a...
What price our free democracy?
Tony Blair's recent address to the British Labour Party's annual conference saw him turn to the 'big picture' of international affairs and the state...
Making trouble for peace
Dissenting voices can polarise debates, stir up extreme emotions and obscure the middle ground – but they do get us thinking, and that's a good...
Unsung heroes embody best of the Anzac spirit
Most Australians like to savour a good victory. Recall the national euphoria when the Americas Cup was finally wrested from the hands of the New York...
Rewriting the rules of business in the wake of 11 September
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, much of the discussion about how best to respond to the evolving situation has focused on...
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