The NZ Herald reported this morning that a “Miss” Helen Clark has been confirmed as the new head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Apparently the Herald didn’t read the EU protocols banning the use of “sexist” titles, apparently ‘Dame’ and ‘Lady’ remain non-sexist but ‘Miss’ most certainly is not. The Herald refer to […]
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"Miss" Helen Clark confirmed as Head of United Nations Development Programme
March 27th, 2009 8 Comments
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Sanctions and Siege Warfare
December 14th, 2006 6 Comments
I believe that a state has the right to wage war only to defend those living with in its boarders from attack. A state’s authority to use coercion to uphold justice is limited to its borders. Just as a state has no right to prosecute a person for committing a crime committed outside NZ or to make laws regulating peoples behaviour beyond its shores, it has no duty to defend people in other countries.
Tags: Fiji · Helen Clark · Role of the State · War Ethics
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
