Rethinking Humanity: the Chimera Debate

The Policy Underlying Crimes against Humanity: Practical Reflections on a Theoretical Debate

This article argues that the debate concerning the theoretical characterization of the policy requirement as either an element of crime or an evidentiary relevant circumstance for crimes against humanity is deficient. Comparative case law analysis illustrates that this characterization does not fundamentally affect the position, meaning and scope of the policy underlying crimes against humanity...

Universalist Ethics in Extraterrestrial Encounter

Background: Extraterrestrial Encounter While humanity has not yet encountered an extraterrestrial civilization, this possibility cannot be ruled out. Some evidence suggests that an encounter may be likely. If an encounter occurs, it would be of profound significance for humanity. There thus has been much debate on the outcome of an encounter. Opinions are sharply divided on whether extraterrest...

When pigs fly? Legal and ethical issues in transgenics and the creation of chimeras. The Walter C. Randall Biomedical Ethics Lecture.

Thank you for inviting me to speak today. It is quite an honor to be among a distinguished group of colleagues who recognize the importance of balancing progress for humanity with advances in technology. Although I did not have the honor of meeting Walter C. Randall, from what I've learned of the man, he was a thoughtful, considerate man, who promoted integrity in the sciences and advocated edu...

Rethinking the 'debate on environmental refugees': from 'maximilists and minimalists' to 'proponents and critics'

Rethinking economies/economic geographies

This paper provides a short introduction to the papers in this special issue on Rethinking economies/economic geographies. It focuses on the diversity within and between Economics and Economic Geography in their performative relationships with economies and economic geographies. Questions of power/knowledge and cross-disciplinarity are raised. Five hoped-for consequences of the debate are