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Kevin L. Flannery
John Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the Bomb: The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence,” Keown argued that the aiming of nuclear weapons at cities and intending to use them in order to deter enemy attacks is immoral. Keown’s moral reasoning . . . . Continue Reading »
Law’s Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society by cathleen kaveny georgetown, 304 pages, $29.95 Emerging from that end of the political spectrum grown rather short lately on argumentation (and long on dismissive invective), Cathleen Kaveny’s Law’s Virtues is . . . . Continue Reading »
Roger Scruton's unique philosophy combines analytic and continental schools of . . . . Continue Reading »
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