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Recognition without ethics?

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Issues discussed concern liberalism, feminism, and identity politics, focusing on how feminists have historically trapped themselves in an ideology that favors either an economic or social foundation. The author suggests ways for feminist politics to encompass both 'redistribution' (economic) strategies, as well as 'recognition' (social) strategies.

United States, Political aspects, Sex role, Sex roles, Feminism, Identity, Multiculturalism

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Violence and the scientific vocation

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The scientific character of modern violence poses difficulties in the separation of ethics and vocation, a powerful demonstration of which is the development of the atomic bomb. The career and dilemma of J. Robert Openheimer, the atomic physicist, is traced based on various theories of specific intellectual responsibilities.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Physicists, Evaluation, Criticism and interpretation, Violence, Openheimer, J. Robert

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Conflict as a vocation: Carl Schmitt and the possibility of politics

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Carl Schmitt felt nation-states defined themselves by distinguishing friends from enemies and that this conflict model was the only legitimate one for international politics. Liberal pluralism, which Schmitt strongly opposed, is the only political structure that offers expansion of a universalist economy and morality.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sovereignty, Rule of law, Pluralism, Schmitt, Carl

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