I work primarily in legal, political, and moral philosophy, and occasionally in the philosophy of religion. Most of my research these days is at the intersection of law and anarchism.
discovered in eastern Syria, contains a detailed prescription for the ritual of the ordination of... more discovered in eastern Syria, contains a detailed prescription for the ritual of the ordination of the NIN.DINGIR. Klingbeil presents a comprehensive list of parallels and differences between this text and Lev 8. The book concludes with several recommendations for future studies in the rituals of the O T and the ANE. An appendix follows, which contains a transcription of Emar 369, a complete bibli~gra~hical list, and no fewer than four indexes. Even a casual reader who considers the number of pages in this book must conclude that Klingbeil's study is rather encyclopedic in scope. The author is a meticulous scholar, whose study provides many valuable insights into the biblical as well as extrabiblical texts. No serious future study on Lev 8 can afford to ignore the data or the conclusions presented in this study. A couple of minor constructive suggestions: While I fully agree with Klingbeil's interpretation of the expression "a pleasing aroma" (282-285), it would be good in the discussion on this particular term to consider the recurring expression in Lev 21, "the food of (their or his) God," which does lead to a conclusion that both of the above expressions should be considered as anthropomorphic metaphors. Second, one could pay more attention to the outstanding gender difference between the ordained parties in the two texts that are being compared. Whereas in Lev 8 we read about the ordination of Aaron, the high priest in Israel, and his sons the priests, Ernar prescribes the details of the ordination of the NIN.DINGIR, a lvgh priestess. Any reader who might be interested in a cross-gender comparison between two rituals of ordination is assured to have company nowadays. Lastly, there are a good number of untranslated quotations in German throughout the book, and these are generally accurate, with the exception of "iraelitisch" (61). This valuable book is highly recommended.
Andrew Linzey has written more books about the ethics of humans' relationships with nonhuman... more Andrew Linzey has written more books about the ethics of humans' relationships with nonhuman animals than most people—even people professionally interested in ethics—have likely read. The sometime holder of the world's first named academic positions in animal ethics, Linzey has been a tireless campaigner for animal welfare in print and in person. In Why Animal Suffering Matters, he has sought to synthesize his theoretical insights regarding animal ethics while also illustrating their application by considering three case ...
ABSTRACT This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision... more ABSTRACT This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of nonaggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous, and unnecessary. It proposes an understanding of how law enforcement in a stateless society could be legitimate and what the optimal substance of law without the state might be, suggests ways in which a stateless legal order could foster the growth of a culture of freedom, and situates the project it elaborates in relation to leftist, anticapitalist, and socialist traditions.
The modem German constitution (known as the Grundgesetz (GG) or Basic Law)'posits a social order ... more The modem German constitution (known as the Grundgesetz (GG) or Basic Law)'posits a social order that has striking similarities with the constitution familiar to many in the western world: the United States Constitution. Both charters overlap in structural conception in that each contains a catalog of basic, fundamental rights; a federalist structure of government divided between federal and state authority and a federal government separated into three coordinate branches; 2 a bicameral legislature representing
SPECTRUM is ajournai established tò encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in thè discussi... more SPECTRUM is ajournai established tò encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in thè discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without préjudice at all sides of a subject to evaluate the merits of diverse views, and to foster Christian intellectual and cultural growth.
Consider the philosopher.“The unexamined life is not worth living.” So philosophy challenges me t... more Consider the philosopher.“The unexamined life is not worth living.” So philosophy challenges me to discover who I am. On the one hand, in philosophy's wisdom, I am born to be the rational. Knowledge is power, and it is power that makes or breaks me. So I must learn to ask the right question, probe the appropriate place, seek the right direction. Life beckons me to come to the mountaintop—to be an authentic person.
Two groups—one white, the other black—are playing a game of poker. They have been playing the sam... more Two groups—one white, the other black—are playing a game of poker. They have been playing the same game for some 300 years, during which time the white group has cheated on numerous occasions. The white group now announces that'from this day forward, we will stop cheating.''That's fine,'the black group responds,'but what are you going to do about all those poker chips that have stacked up on your side of the table all these years.''We're going to give them to'So, whites will continue to benefit from past cheating; that's not fair,'the ...
On March 7, 2000, Californians adopted the so-called Knight Initiative.'It declared ... more On March 7, 2000, Californians adopted the so-called Knight Initiative.'It declared their state off-limits to same-sex marriage; the state will not solemnize same-sex marriages, nor will it give" full faith and credit" 2 to other states' legal acknowledgment of such marriages. Proponents of the initiative were energized by the prospect that one or more states might accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage, thus raising the constitutional question whether other states would be required to grant married same-sex couples some or all of ...
ABSTRACT In Disoriented-Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State, Robert Chang articulates an A... more ABSTRACT In Disoriented-Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State, Robert Chang articulates an Asian American jurisprudence where narrative is central. He seeks to demonstrate and deploy the power of narrative to help Asian Americans name and resist ongoing oppression. Recognizing that proponents of more conventional models of jurisprudence have resisted the turn to narrative, Chang attempts to explain why he believes this movement is appropriate and how it should be understood and defended. ...
Abstract: John Rawls's ТЫ Law of Peoples offers an account of international justice ... more Abstract: John Rawls's ТЫ Law of Peoples offers an account of international justice grounded in a hypothetical contract between" peoples." I argue that a model of transnational justice rooted in a hypothetical agreement among deliberators representing individual persons—like the one that provides the basis for Rawls's account of domestic justice—would be preferable. In Part I, I focus on Rawls's idea of a" people" before critiquing his almost non-existent argument for beginning with peoples rather than persons. In Part П, I examine the ...
Gary Chartier elaborates a particular version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradi... more Gary Chartier elaborates a particular version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradition, explaining how it is relevant to economic issues and developing natural law accounts of property, work, and economic security. He examines a range of case studies related to ...
As every teacher knows, grades matter to students. It is not altogether surprising that students ... more As every teacher knows, grades matter to students. It is not altogether surprising that students sometimes bring concerns about their grades to court. Student challenges to institutional grading decisions have consistently been unsuccessful. 1 Courts have characteristically been unwilling to entertain such claims both because of their perceived triviality2 and because judges lack" the authority...[and] the expertise to prescribe academic standards..." 3 On the other hand,"[n] o teacher has a fundamental right to hand in random ...
So-called “urban renewal” programs provide some compensation for the properties they take, but no... more So-called “urban renewal” programs provide some compensation for the properties they take, but no compensation is possible for the subjective value of these lands to the individuals displaced and the indignity inflicted by uprooting them from their homes....[E] xtending the concept of public purpose to encompass any economically beneficial goal guarantees that these losses will fall disproportionately on poor communities. Those communities are not only systematically less likely to put their lands to the highest and ...
Federal Reserve Board chair Alan Greenspan's recent call for tax simplification&... more Federal Reserve Board chair Alan Greenspan's recent call for tax simplification'and his acknowledgement of arguments for a consumption tax2 may help to place the question of such taxes, including a value-added tax (VAT), on the national political agenda. If the possibility of imposing a VAT does receive significant national attention, the debate it occasions will obviously, and appropriately, focus in part on a variety of technical questions. 3 But normative questions will likely be at issue as well. A VAT is like a sales tax, but is ...
..." This case" involved a meat and poultry brokerage f... more ..." This case" involved a meat and poultry brokerage firm that operated a warm" cooler" which was home to" black mold" and hotdog meats, whose packaging" was swollen with a milky white substance," Rodent fecal pellets" adorned" pallets and boxes that contained meat products."... She is likely to conclude, however, that individual consumer choices need not be particularly affected by the truth of A because the actual consequences for real animals will probably be unaffected by a realistically conceivable vegetarian boycott of the ...
discovered in eastern Syria, contains a detailed prescription for the ritual of the ordination of... more discovered in eastern Syria, contains a detailed prescription for the ritual of the ordination of the NIN.DINGIR. Klingbeil presents a comprehensive list of parallels and differences between this text and Lev 8. The book concludes with several recommendations for future studies in the rituals of the O T and the ANE. An appendix follows, which contains a transcription of Emar 369, a complete bibli~gra~hical list, and no fewer than four indexes. Even a casual reader who considers the number of pages in this book must conclude that Klingbeil's study is rather encyclopedic in scope. The author is a meticulous scholar, whose study provides many valuable insights into the biblical as well as extrabiblical texts. No serious future study on Lev 8 can afford to ignore the data or the conclusions presented in this study. A couple of minor constructive suggestions: While I fully agree with Klingbeil's interpretation of the expression "a pleasing aroma" (282-285), it would be good in the discussion on this particular term to consider the recurring expression in Lev 21, "the food of (their or his) God," which does lead to a conclusion that both of the above expressions should be considered as anthropomorphic metaphors. Second, one could pay more attention to the outstanding gender difference between the ordained parties in the two texts that are being compared. Whereas in Lev 8 we read about the ordination of Aaron, the high priest in Israel, and his sons the priests, Ernar prescribes the details of the ordination of the NIN.DINGIR, a lvgh priestess. Any reader who might be interested in a cross-gender comparison between two rituals of ordination is assured to have company nowadays. Lastly, there are a good number of untranslated quotations in German throughout the book, and these are generally accurate, with the exception of "iraelitisch" (61). This valuable book is highly recommended.
Andrew Linzey has written more books about the ethics of humans' relationships with nonhuman... more Andrew Linzey has written more books about the ethics of humans' relationships with nonhuman animals than most people—even people professionally interested in ethics—have likely read. The sometime holder of the world's first named academic positions in animal ethics, Linzey has been a tireless campaigner for animal welfare in print and in person. In Why Animal Suffering Matters, he has sought to synthesize his theoretical insights regarding animal ethics while also illustrating their application by considering three case ...
ABSTRACT This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision... more ABSTRACT This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of nonaggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous, and unnecessary. It proposes an understanding of how law enforcement in a stateless society could be legitimate and what the optimal substance of law without the state might be, suggests ways in which a stateless legal order could foster the growth of a culture of freedom, and situates the project it elaborates in relation to leftist, anticapitalist, and socialist traditions.
The modem German constitution (known as the Grundgesetz (GG) or Basic Law)'posits a social order ... more The modem German constitution (known as the Grundgesetz (GG) or Basic Law)'posits a social order that has striking similarities with the constitution familiar to many in the western world: the United States Constitution. Both charters overlap in structural conception in that each contains a catalog of basic, fundamental rights; a federalist structure of government divided between federal and state authority and a federal government separated into three coordinate branches; 2 a bicameral legislature representing
SPECTRUM is ajournai established tò encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in thè discussi... more SPECTRUM is ajournai established tò encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in thè discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without préjudice at all sides of a subject to evaluate the merits of diverse views, and to foster Christian intellectual and cultural growth.
Consider the philosopher.“The unexamined life is not worth living.” So philosophy challenges me t... more Consider the philosopher.“The unexamined life is not worth living.” So philosophy challenges me to discover who I am. On the one hand, in philosophy's wisdom, I am born to be the rational. Knowledge is power, and it is power that makes or breaks me. So I must learn to ask the right question, probe the appropriate place, seek the right direction. Life beckons me to come to the mountaintop—to be an authentic person.
Two groups—one white, the other black—are playing a game of poker. They have been playing the sam... more Two groups—one white, the other black—are playing a game of poker. They have been playing the same game for some 300 years, during which time the white group has cheated on numerous occasions. The white group now announces that'from this day forward, we will stop cheating.''That's fine,'the black group responds,'but what are you going to do about all those poker chips that have stacked up on your side of the table all these years.''We're going to give them to'So, whites will continue to benefit from past cheating; that's not fair,'the ...
On March 7, 2000, Californians adopted the so-called Knight Initiative.'It declared ... more On March 7, 2000, Californians adopted the so-called Knight Initiative.'It declared their state off-limits to same-sex marriage; the state will not solemnize same-sex marriages, nor will it give" full faith and credit" 2 to other states' legal acknowledgment of such marriages. Proponents of the initiative were energized by the prospect that one or more states might accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage, thus raising the constitutional question whether other states would be required to grant married same-sex couples some or all of ...
ABSTRACT In Disoriented-Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State, Robert Chang articulates an A... more ABSTRACT In Disoriented-Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State, Robert Chang articulates an Asian American jurisprudence where narrative is central. He seeks to demonstrate and deploy the power of narrative to help Asian Americans name and resist ongoing oppression. Recognizing that proponents of more conventional models of jurisprudence have resisted the turn to narrative, Chang attempts to explain why he believes this movement is appropriate and how it should be understood and defended. ...
Abstract: John Rawls's ТЫ Law of Peoples offers an account of international justice ... more Abstract: John Rawls's ТЫ Law of Peoples offers an account of international justice grounded in a hypothetical contract between" peoples." I argue that a model of transnational justice rooted in a hypothetical agreement among deliberators representing individual persons—like the one that provides the basis for Rawls's account of domestic justice—would be preferable. In Part I, I focus on Rawls's idea of a" people" before critiquing his almost non-existent argument for beginning with peoples rather than persons. In Part П, I examine the ...
Gary Chartier elaborates a particular version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradi... more Gary Chartier elaborates a particular version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradition, explaining how it is relevant to economic issues and developing natural law accounts of property, work, and economic security. He examines a range of case studies related to ...
As every teacher knows, grades matter to students. It is not altogether surprising that students ... more As every teacher knows, grades matter to students. It is not altogether surprising that students sometimes bring concerns about their grades to court. Student challenges to institutional grading decisions have consistently been unsuccessful. 1 Courts have characteristically been unwilling to entertain such claims both because of their perceived triviality2 and because judges lack" the authority...[and] the expertise to prescribe academic standards..." 3 On the other hand,"[n] o teacher has a fundamental right to hand in random ...
So-called “urban renewal” programs provide some compensation for the properties they take, but no... more So-called “urban renewal” programs provide some compensation for the properties they take, but no compensation is possible for the subjective value of these lands to the individuals displaced and the indignity inflicted by uprooting them from their homes....[E] xtending the concept of public purpose to encompass any economically beneficial goal guarantees that these losses will fall disproportionately on poor communities. Those communities are not only systematically less likely to put their lands to the highest and ...
Federal Reserve Board chair Alan Greenspan's recent call for tax simplification&... more Federal Reserve Board chair Alan Greenspan's recent call for tax simplification'and his acknowledgement of arguments for a consumption tax2 may help to place the question of such taxes, including a value-added tax (VAT), on the national political agenda. If the possibility of imposing a VAT does receive significant national attention, the debate it occasions will obviously, and appropriately, focus in part on a variety of technical questions. 3 But normative questions will likely be at issue as well. A VAT is like a sales tax, but is ...
..." This case" involved a meat and poultry brokerage f... more ..." This case" involved a meat and poultry brokerage firm that operated a warm" cooler" which was home to" black mold" and hotdog meats, whose packaging" was swollen with a milky white substance," Rodent fecal pellets" adorned" pallets and boxes that contained meat products."... She is likely to conclude, however, that individual consumer choices need not be particularly affected by the truth of A because the actual consequences for real animals will probably be unaffected by a realistically conceivable vegetarian boycott of the ...
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