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		<title>Police and thieves</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/28/police-and-thieves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise of China and America’s military responsibility A piece in The Atlantic reports on a joint US/Japan rehearsal to defend Japan from a possible Chinese invasion.  According to the article, while there is no immediate threat of any Chinese invasion, there is no doubt that China is a rising power that one day will [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/02/09/super-bowl-ads-cont-the-green-police/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Super Bowl Ads Con&#8217;t: The Green Police'>Super Bowl Ads Con&#8217;t: The Green Police</a></li>
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		<title>The trolley problem at West Point</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/19/the-trolley-problem-at-west-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philosophy for soldiers David Edmonds at BBC News reports that all West Point cadets are now required to study moral philosophy and &#8220;the trolley problem.&#8221; He outlines the famous thought experiment nicely: Imagine there is a runaway tram, known in America as a trolley, heading towards five people tied to the track. You are a [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/04/05/controlling-the-uncontrollable/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Controlling the uncontrollable'>Controlling the uncontrollable</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/10/bullet-the-blue-sky-revisited/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Bullet the blue sky revisited'>Bullet the blue sky revisited</a></li>
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		<title>Do ask, do tell –later, when you’re a little older</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/13/do-ask-do-tell-%e2%80%93later-when-you%e2%80%99re-a-little-older/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, a federal judge in California ruled Don’t Ask Don’t Tell unconstitutional on First and Fifth Amendment grounds for restricting the rights of gay service members to free speech, free association, and due process.  The case put the Obama administration in a slightly awkward position, having to defend a standing law that it is [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/16/sensitivity-and-principle/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sensitivity and principle'>Sensitivity and principle</a></li>
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		<title>Bullet the blue sky revisited</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/10/bullet-the-blue-sky-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A response to Luke&#8217;s criticisms On Tuesday, Luke criticized my defense of targeted drone attacks in the Middle East.  In my response to a piece by Ron Rosenbaum, I argued that killing targets that do not pose immediate threats does not violate the “proportionality” criteria of Just War Theory, the established canon that sets out [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/07/rethinking-drone-attacks/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Rethinking drone attacks'>Rethinking drone attacks</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/30/it%e2%80%99s-hard-to-be-a-saint-in-the-war-torn-city/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: It’s hard to be a saint in the (war-torn) city'>It’s hard to be a saint in the (war-torn) city</a></li>
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		<title>Bullet the blue sky</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/03/bullet-the-blue-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/03/bullet-the-blue-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just War Theory and unmanned drones in Afghanistan Over at Slate, Ron Rosenbaum argues that using unmanned drones in Afghanistan is immoral and criminal.  He thinks that it violates both the “distinction” and “proportionality” aspects of Just War Theory.  By “distinction,” Rosenbaum is referring to the traditional Just War criteria of drawing lines between combatants [...]


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		<title>Morality and gaming</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/25/morality-and-gaming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ethan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why banning realistic depictions of war in games is wrong The BBC reported on Monday that British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has continued to defend comments he made calling for a retail ban of the newest Medal of Honor game. The publishers of the game, Electronic Arts, have defended it and accused Fox of portraying [...]


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		<title>Lawful mutiny</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/09/lawful-mutiny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reports that several federal police officers in Ciudad Juarez have arrested their own commander on grounds of corruption and racketeering. On the heels of the Wikileaks case and in the midst of two ongoing wars, it is worth considering the moral role of the individual in security-related institutions like the military and police. [...]


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		<title>How to dismantle an atomic bomb(ing)</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/06/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bombing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/06/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bombing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>han</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, the United States will send an ambassador to attend the ceremony in Hiroshima marking the anniversary of the atomic bombings during World War II.  Some critics think that this is tantamount to a US apology. Signs of sympathy toward Japanese suffering could be seen as criticism of the U.S. decision to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/07/07/mcnamaras-philosophical-roots/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: McNamara&#8217;s philosophical roots'>McNamara&#8217;s philosophical roots</a></li>
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		<title>Journalistic ethics</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/03/journalistic-ethics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clive Crook of The Atlantic has an interesting take on WikiLeak’s handling of the documents on the Afghanistan war. In the piece, Crook draws a  parallel between WikiLeaks and the Rolling Stone article on Stanley McChrystal. A few weeks ago the McChrystal scandal was in the news. I asked a few journalist friends about it. [...]


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		<title>WikiLeaks: a new breed of leak?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/28/wikileaks-a-new-bread-of-leak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/28/wikileaks-a-new-bread-of-leak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WikiLeaks and its documents are here.  What do we do now? On Monday, Sam highlighted WikiLeaks’ enormous release of secret documents concerning Afghanistan and Pakistan, and US efforts in and relations with both countries.  As he noted, one of the first questions we should ask is whether or not WikiLeaks’ document release is legal. Obviously, [...]


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