ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Benedict de Spinoza was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers who flourished in the second half of the 17th century. He made significant contributions in virtually every area of philosophy, and his writings reveal the influence of such divergent sources as Stoicism, Jewish Rationalism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Descartes, and a variety of heterodox religious thinkers …
The Kansas Supreme Court offered a mixed bag in a ruling Friday that combined several challenges to a 2021 election law, siding with state officials on one provision, reviving challenges to others and offering the possibility that at least one will be halted before this year’s general election. But it was the ballot signature verification …
John Finnis’s Natural Law and Natural Rights’ is a remarkable book.Finnis offers a robust exposition and defence of natural law-but in termsthat differ significantly from the way in which this tradition is oftenunderstood today, not least by its defenders. He does so by means ofstriking and powerful arguments; arguments that owe little, however, tothe major …
A core fnding of public opinion research is that most voters do not know much about thepolicy debates that occur among academic experts, Congress, and the bureaucracy and arecovered in the press. Their knowledge is thin, ofen confused, and sometimes mistaken(Delli Carpini and Keeter 1996; Lupia 2015). To some extent, this is inevitable, because individual …
By asserting its right to pursue an immigration policy at odds with that of the US federal government, Texas is reviving a constitutional debate that recurred throughout the early nineteenth century, culminating in the Civil War. It is an ominous reminder that the perpetuation of the Union can never be taken for granted. CHICAGO – …
Following Hamas’ bloodthirsty Oct. 7 assault on Israel’s southern border communities, woke leftists and jihad enthusiasts on campuses and beyond formed a perplexing alliance. The left advocates social justice; celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion; and professes special concern for historically oppressed minorities. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Iran-backed jihadists torture and kill based on race, ethnicity, and sexual …
Lidetu Ayalew’s suggested transitional government as presented by EthioForum. The form of the proposed solution is similar to what the … of the Amhara Group published years ago, but since it did not even attempt to analyze and explain the roots of the problems, the suggested solution is utopian. Watch the Video
In recent years, Ethiopia has experienced a significant escalation in human rights violations, further exacerbated by conflicts in the Tigray, Oromia, and Amhara regions. While these issues have garnered international attention, the extent of the abuses, specifically those inflicted upon the Amhara population, lacks sufficient coverage. This report to address this oversight by offering a …
In May 1991, the brutal Mengistu Haile Mariam government was overthrown. The new government formed by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of ethnic armies which had been largely formed to fight against the Mengistu government, came to power. The EPRDF allowed the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) to administer the territory …
First published Mon Sep 23, 2002; substantive revision Sun May 26, 2019 ‘Natural law theory’ is a label that has been applied to theories of ethics, theories of politics, theories of civil law, and theories of religious morality. We will be concerned only with natural law theories of ethics: while such views arguably have some …