Review: \u3ci\u3eKilling by Remote Control: The Ethics of an Unmanned Military\u3c/i\u3e, edited by Bradley Jay Strawser

Dr. Harry van der Linden\u27s review of: Killing by Remote Control: The Ethics of an Unmanned Military, edited by Bradley Jay Strawser. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 (264 pages, cloth)

Review of Kant\u27s System of Rights

This article reviews the book Kant\u27s System of Rights, by Leslie A. Mulholland

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

Review of Naomi Klein, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2017)

From Combat Boots to Civilian Shoes: Reflections on \u3cem\u3eThe Chickenhawk Syndrome\u3c/em\u3e

This essay is part of a symposium on Cheyney Ryan’s The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice, and Personal Responsibility (2009). Ryan’s reply to his critics can be found on pp. 181-89 in Radical Philosophy Review, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2010

Drone Warfare and Just War Theory

This book chapter addresses two questions. First, can targeted killing by drones in non-battlefield zones be justified on basis of just war theory? Second, will the proliferation and expansion of combat drones in warfare, including the introduction of autonomous drones, be an obstacle to initiating or executing wars in a just manner in the future? The first question is answered by applying traditional jus ad bellum (justice in the resort to war) and jus in bello (justice in the execution of war) principles to the American targeted killing campaign in Pakistan; the second question is answered on basis of principles of “just military preparedness” or jus ante bellum (justice before war), a new category of just war thinking. It is concluded that an international ban on weaponized drones is morally imperative and, certainly, that an international treaty against autonomous lethal weapons should be adopted

Trump, Populism, Fascism, and the Road Ahead

This review essay offers a discussion of some recent studies that help to explain the election of Donald Trump as president of the USA. The studies examine Trump as “media spectacle,” analyze his support among Tea Partiers, and discuss his backing by the white working class left behind by neoliberalism and global capitalism. Special attention is given to two questions: Is Trump a rightwing populist or closer to a fascist? Relatedly, is Trump a threat to liberal democracy? The essay concludes with some suggestions of how to move beyond Trump

Review of Essays on Kant\u27s Political Philosophy

Article reviews the book Essays on Kant\u27s Political Philosophy, edited by Howard Lloyd Williams

Review of Roger J. Sullivan, An Introduction to Kant\u27s Ethics (1994)

Harry van der Linden\u27s review of: Roger Sullivan, An Introduction to Kant\u27s Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1994, viii + 183 pages

Moral Relativism

Harry van der Linden\u27s contribution to: American Justice, ed. Joseph M. Bessette (Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 1996

Climate Change and Our Political Future

Harry van der Linden\u27s review of Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright. Brooklyn, NY: Verso, 2018, ISBN 978178663429-0