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    The Enlightened Grunt? Invincible Ignorance in the Just War Tradition
    Journal of Military Ethics 8 (1): 48-65. 2009.
    This essay addresses one of the central questions in the ongoing debate about just war theory: are soldiers morally responsible for serving in unjust wars? Francisco de Vitoria addressed this question in the sixteenth century using the concepts of invincible and vincible ignorance. He excused soldiers serving in unjust wars, if they did not know the war was unjust and if they did not have the means to overcome their ignorance; if they had the means, they were morally culpable. In modern just war…Read more
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    The Pocket Idiot's Guide to War Profiteering in Iraq
    Studies in Language and Capitalism (2): 155-164. 2007.
    This essay critically examines a recent publication in the Idiot’s Guides Series: The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Surviving Iraq (2006). It applies Herbert Marcuse’s critique of the language of capitalism in One-Dimensional Man (1964) to the current war in Iraq and to the cultural products that have arisen simultaneously with the war. Specifically, this essay critiques the style, grammar, word-choice and presentation of Surviving Iraq and illustrates how these communication techniques serve to both…Read more
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    Golfito, ergo sum. I golf, therefore I am. In this revolutionary meditation on golf, professor Andrew Sola and professional golfer Bruce Loome use the ground-breaking ideas of the great philosophers to help you become a better golfer. The Philosophical Golfer is not just another instructional book that only shows you how to increase your distance or cure your slice. By using unique insight from geniuses like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, it teaches you how to become a complete golfer, technica…Read more
  • Golfito, ergo sum. I golf, therefore, I am.In this revolutionary meditation on golf, philosopher Andrew Sola and PGA professional Bruce Loome use the groundbreaking ideas of the great thinkers to help you become a better golfer.The Philosophical Golfer is not just another instructional book that only shows you how to increase your distance or cure your slice. By using unique insight from geniuses like Descartes, Kant, and Marx, it teaches you how to become a complete golfer, technically and ment…Read more