international relations
An Arsenal of Which Democracy?
The US is being asked to supply weapons to two states. It's important to choose which one will actually advance both American and liberal interests.
politics
politics
Collective Punishment is Always Illiberal
Denying the citizens of Gaza water or medicine on account of their actions taken by other Gazans cannot be justified on any liberal principle - and the same applies to any effort to reduce individuals to members of a group and assign them guilt on that account.
feminism
The advice we give men is all wrong
We should not lose sight of the realities Wollstonecraft so forcefully asserted centuries ago: men and women, whatever their differences, have the same fundamental purpose in life - “the attainment of those talents and virtues, the exercise of which ennobles the human character”.