Justice With Mercy
A Book Review of Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (2014)
Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (2014) is a collection of stories of people harmed in the criminal system…
Topic: justice
The International, but Not Universal, Criminal Court
A Review of J. Freedman, A Conviction in Question: The First Trial at the International Criminal Court (2018)
This book offers us the dramatic story of the first trial in the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague. The defendant Lubanga was a warlord in the Congo, charged with doing bad things. Lubanga was convicted of some bad things…
Poor Candidates
A Review of Nicholas Carnes, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office-And What We Can Do About It (2018)
In Nicholas Carnes, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office-And What We Can Do About It (2018), the author wants the reader to…
Commerce, Community, and the Regulations of Universal Love
John Woolman’s essay “A Plea for the Poor” provides a starting point for Dan Seeger’s reflections in this pamphlet, was a vigorous argument for justice and equality in economic relations. Thus, according to the author, if the universalist principles of Quaker belief extend an inner light and a spirit of love to all humankind, then certainly in today’s global world the ethics of Quakerism must extend to global economy. Seeger both reminds and makes the reader aware, therefore, that Friends from George Fox’s generations and beyond have questioned the moral crime of making human beings (as distinct from human labor) into a marketable commodity.