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Political Philosophy of Technology: After Leo Strauss (A Question of Sovereignty)

Bernard Stiegler’s contributions to political philosophy in the presence of technology are honored and complemented by imagining an encounter with the thought of Leo Strauss. The concept of ... mutually reinforcing, and that the political philosophy of Strauss can help us appreciate this happening. Engineering and technology are not simply instruments available for use by the nation-state; they are

A Reckoning For Religious Freedom: India's BJP and the International Implications of Anti-Muslim Leadership

Currently, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds the majority in the Indian Parliament, where it exercises its authority by passing legislation that comports with Hindutva. Hindutva is a political ... leaders use harmful rhetoric and pass legislation that harms Muslim citizens of India. However, India is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which protects the

The Dialogic Function of I.C.J. Provisional Measures Decisions in the U.N. Political Organs: Assessing the Evidence

of functions by its political organs in the areas of international peace, security, and human rights. This article evaluates this influence by examining decisions in which the I.C.J. indicated ... and political settlements.2 Although the formal purpose of provisional measures is to preserve existing legal rights pending an outcome on the merits of a dispute,3 scholars have also noted parties’ use

Gene Drives as Interventions into Nature: the Coproduction of Ontology and Morality in the Gene Drive Debate

raises ontological questions about evolution, nature, and wilderness. The transformative promises and perils of gene drives also raise pressing ethical and political concerns. The aim of this article is to ... . Bovenkerk · D. Ludwig Philosophy , Innovation, Communication, and Education , Wageningen University , Wageningen , the Netherlands Gene drives are potentially ontologically and morally disruptive

Philosophy and Synthetic Biology: the BrisSynBio Experiment

Simons visited BrisSynBio for a research stay in 2018 3 D. Meacham ( 4 Dept. of Philosophy, Maastricht University , 90-92 Grote Gracht, 6211SZ Maastricht , Netherlands 5 M. Prado Casanova Dept. Health and ... attraction of philosophy to “synthetic biology” starts already with the difficulty in defining synthetic biology or identifying clearly its origins (see [1] for a discussion of this from a molecular biology

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of limited approaches to political philosophy and technology. As Mitcham pointed out in personal communication, which also forms the basis for this brief summary of the event, he hopes this special ... concerning the history of the philosophy of technology and science in China, but also an impressive look far back into the twentieth century, and testament to the profoundly international character of the

Discussant Remarks

legal and political order. ... Daudet says, a voluntary move; a political move.22 The clearer it becomes that both our humanity and our security depend on collective action, the sooner it will happen. This circles us back to the

Derogations to Human Rights During a Global Pandemic: Unpacking Normative and Practical Challenges

of this writing, roughly two-thirds of States declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19 under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”). ... Political Rights (“ICCPR”).6 International human rights law allows States to take measures that restrict rights in exceptional circumstances. One of the ways in which States may take such measures is through

Reflections on Perspectives of Transhumanism, Buddhist Transhumanism, and Buddhist Modernism on the Self

Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine or the Mind & Life Institute (MLI) which organizes meetings between the Dalai Lama and scientists on science and Buddhist philosophy and meditation ...   and Buddhist transhumanism referring to Western3 and Buddhist4 approaches in philosophy. 1 The philosophical differentiation of the aims of transhumanism, techno-posthumanism and critical posthumanism

Storm Warning: New Zealand's Treatment of "Climate Refugee" Claims as a Violation of Internatinal Law

and 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”), respectively. New Zealand, having arbitrated numerous applications for refugee status from applicants claiming that returning ... as the scope of their predicament becomes more clear”). 5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Dec. 16, 1966, 99 U.N.T.S. 17 [hereinafter ICCPR]. See generally Evelyn Li Wang, The

Law and the Political Economy of Repression in Deng's China

social and political analysis, lie at the heart of deficient understandings of contemporary China. Unquestionably, the leading capitalist nations of the world enjoy more democracy and higher average

The Ethical Status of Germline Gene Editing in Future Space Missions: The Special Case of Positive Selection on Earth for Future Space Missions

. This paper discusses the topic rarely discussed in the literature on the philosophy and ethics of space missions — the moral status of modifying future children on Earth for their participation in space ... missions. Thus, it adds to the growing literature in the philosophy, ethics, and bioethics of space mission exploration on the issue of human reproduction in space. Continuing with the problems discussed in

Reflections on Turkish Personal Data Protection Law and Genetic Data in Focus Group Discussions

of health should be included in the discussion to be carried out within the framework of socio-political analyses with culture-specific approaches and cross-culture boundaries simultaneously. ... as follows: “[R]elating to race, ethnic origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, religion, sect or other beliefs, appearance and dressing, membership of an association, foundation or trade

Modifying the Environment or Human Nature? What is the Right Choice for Space Travel and Mars Colonisation?

Department of Philosophy and Educational Science, University of Turin , Turin , Italy 2 S. Umbrello Center for Advanced Studies, Eurac Research , Bolzano , Italy 3 S. Umbrello Department of Values ... the other hand, the problem of the (bio)genetic enhancement project is not so much political but rather moral, as any project of redesign (of human beings) would have negative 2 For Habermas, the

Eastern and Central European Political and Legal Developments: An Annotated Bibliography

administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information , please contact , USA 1 Rajagopal, Balakrishman. "Eastern and Central European Political and Legal ... Developments: An Annotated Bibliography." American University International Law Review 7 , no. 3 (1992): 733-742 EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLITICAL AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rethinking the Political Future: An Alternative to the Ethno-Sectarian Division of Iraq

authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information , please contact , USA 1 Williams, Paul R. and Matthew T. Simpson. "Rethinking the Political

The Constitutional Right to Housing in the Russian Federation: Rethinking the Guarantee in Light of Economic and Political Reform

their popularity was in large part attributable to the concept of house building cooperatives as consonant with Soviet economic and political philosophy). Individuals may join one of three different types

How Extreme Is the Precautionary Principle?

guideline specifying how to deal with certain types of scientific uncertainty. In this contribution, this approach to the precautionary principle is explicated with the help of concepts from the philosophy of ... practical decision-making.7 A Science-based Principle To clarify the meaning of such, science-based, precaution, we can use a simple model from the philosophy of science, which shows how scientific data is

Ransomware Groups on Notice: U.S. Cyber Operation Against REvil is Permissible Under International Law

force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”66 Applying Article 2(4) to non-traditional ... the assumption that REvil’s servers were in Russia).157 In this instance, Cyber Command’s operation could not have impacted the political, economic, or social systems of the Russian government. In

Conceptualizing A "Right to Research

. RESHAPING COPYRIGHT FOR RESEARCH ................71 A. COPYRIGHT AS AN ACCESS RIGHT: GENERAL 2023] INTRODUCTION Whether a global pandemic, regional food shortages and famines, or escalating political ... level. While its protection is fairly well developed in relation to journalism and media,15 as well as political participation,16 its relevance for research outside of these 14. See Geiger, supra note 9