Facebook Page
International Ethics now has a page on the Facebook social network. The page will be used to share section news and announcements. Please note that a Facebook account is not required to view the page, the page is public. However, only Facebook users will be able to follow (or "like") the page and leave comments on the page wall. The International Ethics Facebook page can be found here:
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2012 International Ethics Book Award Winner Announced
Bronwyn Leebaw, Judging State Sponsored Violence, Imagining Political Change (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2011) is an insightful, rich and well-written analysis of transitional
justice. Leebaw integrates literature from law, philosophy, and psychology. The award committee judged this book
outstanding for three reasons. First it is a clear description and dissection of the assumptions
underlying the dominant approaches of transitional justice. Second, she explores the promise
and pitfalls of the dominant approaches in several examples, most notably the Nuremberg
Trials and South Africa transitional Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Third, proposing to move beyond what she calls the "Manichean logic" of victim and perpetrator, Leebaw shows the importance of the structural injustices and the limits on agency in a context where atrocity
occurred.
Compendium Project
The International Ethics Section is participating in the ISA Compendium project, published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. The project appears in both electronic and hard copy formats and includes scholarly reviews of the literature on important topics within our discipline. These reviews, of approximately 10,000 words, provide overviews of the past, present, and future treatment of important topics within the field of International Ethics. To participate on the committee or to suggest topics, authors, or reviewers, please contact the Compendium committee at EthicsCompendium@gmail.com. For further information on the compendium project, please see:
http://www.isanet.org/compendium
