Humanitarianism

In the glare of an ever-present and far-reaching news cycle, decisions to engage in war are of paramount concern to a state. Given this greater accountability, there is perhaps an even stronger emphasis for states to have sound moral reasoning in its actions leading to and during war. Some would argue that there is no room for justice in war. According to realists, wars are fought on the basis of power and security issues; “the pursuit of lesser national interests rarely justifies war”…

Whether blatantly stated and actively convincing, or subtly incorporated and subconsciously compelling, every author has a purpose. To entertain, to teach, to persuade the reader to take a stance or to take action – every author’s purpose is unique, rooted in his or her own values and experiences. In writing The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck had his own purpose in mind. He used his story to reveal the truth of the tragedy and hardship experienced by the migrant workers of the 1930’s,…

In “Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Dworkin”, realism highlights the challenges and negative qualities that Positivism encompasses, not only through criticism but a detailed explanation of an alternate perspective of how the law should be. Hart then responds to these criticisms that point out underlying flaws in the realists views, which indicate his modern view on Positivism and how it has evolved from a better known classic version used previously. Even though Hart does defend Legal…

Helen Maria Williams, Charlotte Smith and the French Revolution Women of the 18th century were writing novels, lyric poetry and conduct books, but after the fall of the Bastille in 1789, political concerns appeared in their writing. They entered male dominating territory as historical writing was traditionally a male preserve (Walker, 2011, p. 145). In the 1790s a ‘Women’s War’ developed as women writers explored new genres in which they expressed their opinions on events in France, which…

newspapers]…” (Axelrod et al.). Zinn, Schweikart, and Allen, contrastingly, choose to exclusively emphasise only one reason for war: for Zinn - American business interests, for Schweikart and Allen - sympathization for democracy and “American humanitarianism” (Schweikart and Allen 420). Zinn specifically cites sources such as the Bureau of Foreign Commerce of the Department of Commerce, which wrote “The Spanish-American War was… a general movement of expansion which had its roots in the changed…

in recent years because of the development of the Responsibility to Protect principle, in the past humanitarian intervention in crises such as that of Rwanda exhibit how states are forced to strike a balance with their traditional concerns and humanitarianism. In Rwanda, international peacekeepers stood by as a genocide took place as they would have been perceived as partisan and infringing on national sovereignty otherwise. Preserving sovereignty is a key concern for any nation state and must…

Joy is contagious. However, the definition of happiness varies between each culture. “The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan,” Ethan Watters analyzes the concept of depression and methods of treating it in Japan. Ironically, in “Wisdom,” by Robert Thurman, he argues that what the West views as depression in the East is actually happiness. In order to change these cultural beliefs, the Western civilization is putting the Eastern civilization through depression, much like it does the elephants.…

Cocaine: A Free Trade Commodity According to Rachman, over the last thirty years the world has embraced globalization. Merriam Webster dictionary defines globalization as “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets”. However, globalization has many benefits unassociated with trade and economics, such as advancing the use of the Internet and promoting of education and…

148731 No Home, No Problem? Times are changing at a more rapid speed than ever before. With a fast-paced, globalizing society, people begin to lose ties to their home, their place of origen. In the personal essay, “On Going Home”, Joan Didion comments on her own personal experience when visiting her family and conveys her disappointment that the younger generations do not have a home to come back to; they lack tradition. The news article, “Gimme Shelter”, written by Corinne Purtill…

This piece entitled “Why it Actually Matters Where Your Clothes Come From” is one published by a niche sustainable fashion and lifestyle online magazine called Who What Wear. It sets out to do just what the title promised by trying to educate readers about the importance of knowing the process by which their clothing is made and distributed. In order to achieve this task the author, Jessica Schiffer, interviewed Maxine Bédat, the co-founder of Zady, an increasingly popular sustainable fashion…