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16EditorialJournal of Global Ethics 10 (2): 123-127. 2014.Introduction of material contained in this journal issue. Various notices of recent global events. Notice of International Development Ethics Association 2014 conference.
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11Editorial (academic freedom)Journal of Global Ethics 12 (1): 1-5. 2016.Editorial notes recent concerns regarding academic freedom in Turkey, consequent upon statements made by the President of Turkey.
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21EditorialJournal of Global Ethics 11 (1): 1-2. 2015.Introduction of material contained in this journal issue. Notice of recent terrorism events.
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30EditorialJournal of Global Ethics 10 (1): 1-6. 2014.Introduction of material contained in this journal issue. Introduction of first journal "Forum": The future of global ethics.
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16EditorialJournal of Global Ethics 11 (3): 257-261. 2015.Introduction of material contained in this journal issue. Note of current refugee crisis.
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32Empowering the Invisible: Women, Local Culture and Global Human Rights ProtectionThought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 2 (1): 37-57. 2010.This paper examines the problems that various contemporary human rights discourses face with relativism, with special reference to the global protection of women’s rights. These problems are set within the theoretical debate between the Western liberal individualism on the one hand, and African, Asian and Islamic collectivist communitarianism on the other. Instead of trying to prove the superiority of one theoretical approach over the other, the purpose here is to point out some of the most comm…Read more
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46Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice (review)Journal of Medical Ethics 27 (3): 208-209. 2001.
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Afro-libertarianism and the social contract framework in post-colonial Africa : the case of post-2007 elections KenyaIn Edwin E. Etieyibo (ed.), Perspectives in social contract theory, The Council For Research in Values and Philosophy. 2018.
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40Global BioethicsNew Review of Bioethics 1 (1): 101-116. 2003.The emergence of global bioethics is connected to a rise of interest in ethics in general (both in academia and in the public sphere), combined with an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of peoples and their ethical dilemmas, and the recognition that global problems need global solutions. In short, global bioethics has two distinguishing features: first, its global scope, both geographically and conceptually; and second, its focus on justice (communal and individual).
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29Transitional justice as a philosophical and practical challenge: critical notes on Colleen Murphy’s new theory of the ‘conceptual foundations of transitional justice’Journal of Global Ethics 14 (2): 169-180. 2018.I examine some of the main philosophical, conceptual and normative issues in Colleen Murphy’s recent book The Conceptual Foundations of Transitional Justice (2017). I am sceptical whether we need yet another theory of justice to fit particular ‘transitional circumstances’, as Murphy argues. Instead, before presenting an alternative normative, ‘moral’ theory, we need to re-examine the very concept of transitional justice. I examine particularly the following. Firstly, what we really mean by ‘tran…Read more
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16The article argues that the currently dominating, Western-originated individualistic and materialistic concept of development as ‘progress’ has created an evident confusion between ‘values and facts,’ ‘ideologies/ideals and practices,’ ‘ends and means’ in the current development thinking and practice. Instead of realizing such humanistic ideas as human flourishing and holistic well-being, current development agenda focuses on economic growth and producing ‘better business environments.’ Since th…Read more
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10Leadership ethics and the problem of Dirty Hands in the political economy of contemporary AfricaEthics and Economics 4 (2). 2006.
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87Towards an alternative approach to personhood in the end of life questionsTheoretical Medicine and Bioethics 21 (6): 515-536. 2000.Within the Western bioethical framework, we make adistinction between two dominant interpretations of the meaning of moral personhood: thenaturalist and the humanist one. While both interpretations of moral personhood claim topromote individual autonomy and rights, they end up with very different normativeviews on the practical and legal measures needed to realize these values in every daylife. Particularly when we talk about the end of life issues it appears that in general thearguments for eut…Read more
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36Moral Individualism and the Justification of Liberal DemocracyRatio Juris 11 (4): 320-345. 1998.This article discusses the connection between individualism, pluralism and the moral foundation of liberal democracy. It analyses whether the requirement of value pluralism promoted by liberal democracies leads inevitably to communitarian ethics, or whether the liberal and democratic values of autonomy, tolerance and equality are actually based on an objectivistic and teleological account of justice. The author argues that value‐neutral procedural and methodological individualism cannot support …Read more
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23Hiv/Aids Epidemic, Human Rights and Global JusticePolitics and Ethics Review 1 (2): 197-206. 2005.
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48Communitarianism and Western ThoughtThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 11 141-151. 2001.Within the Western tradition we can find important and interesting philosophical differences between the continental European and the Anglo-American ethical and political outlooks towards biotechnology. The Anglo-American attitude appears based on naturalistic and empiricist views, while continental European viewpoints are built on idealistic liberal humanism. A Northern European view integrates both of the above-mentioned liberal traditions. The main problem is that although these different out…Read more
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9Taking the Liberal Challenge Seriously: Essays on Contemporary Liberalism at the Turn of the 21st Century (edited book)Ashgate. 1997.The book deals with the problems and prospects of the liberal theory at the turn of the 21st century.
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44Pluralism in multicultural liberal democracy and the justification of female circumcisionJournal of Applied Philosophy 16 (1). 1999.This article discusses the problems that a liberal, multicultural democracy has in dealing with cultural practices, such as female circumcision, which themselves suppress the liberal values of autonomy and pluralism. In this context I have chosen the justification of female circumcision as my issue for three reasons. First, with increasing immigration, in Western multicultural and pluralistic societies this practice has recently been given a good deal of public attention; second, I believe that …Read more
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Justice in a Multicultural Democracy: Liberalism, Communitarianism or Moral Individualism?Acta Philosophica Fennica 65 51-66. 2000.
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Global bioethics and 'erroneous reason': fallacies across the bordersIn Matti Häyry (ed.), Arguments and analysis in bioethics, Rodopi. 2010.
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60Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom--critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilationJournal of Medical Ethics 30 (3): 248-253. 2004.Despite global and local attempts to end genital mutilation, in their various forms, whether of males or females, the practice has persisted throughout human history in most parts of the world. Various medical, scientific, hygienic, aesthetic, religious, and cultural reasons have been used to justify it. In this symposium on circumcision, against the background of the other articles by Hutson, Short, and Viens, the practice is set by the author within a wider, global context by discussing a rang…Read more
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36Trust Me! My Hands Are Dirty AlsoProfessional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 11 (1): 55-81. 2003.
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1Hiv/Aids Epidemic, Human Rights and Global JusticeJournal of International Political Theory 1 197-206. 2005.
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7Cultural diversity and the limits of toleranceIn Michael Parker (ed.), Ethics and Community in the Health Care Professions, Routledge. pp. 112. 1999.
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University of HelsinkiDepartment of Philosophy (Theoretical Philosophy, Practical Philosophy, Philosophy in Swedish)Retired faculty