IssueM Articles
“…the reach of the present extends into the far future.” [1] Henry Shue Introduction Some truths bear repeating. First, we were all once the “future generations” ourselves, existing only as potential until the day we were conceived and born. Second, each of us will most likely, at some point, meet someone from the future—whether our… Read more »
Views from Above and Below Ireland is at a crossroads, indeed it is in crisis. But the cause of the crisis is not some external agency or force. The cause of the crisis is within. There are two ways of looking at Ireland’s economic fortunes. There is a view from the top and a view… Read more »
Against the dark night sky at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, when Tommie Smith and John Carlos both gave the Black Power salute in the iconic photo, Australian sprinter Peter Norman is easy to miss. As the Star-Spangled Banner played in the thin air, the salute was a very public act of defiance in front… Read more »
Dr Elise Lefeuvre Dr Elise Lefeuvre is adjunct lecturer at UCC School of Law. She holds a Master from Sciences Po Lyon, a MSc from LSE, and a PhD from UCC. “The starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason (1788) INTRODUCTION Military work is, in essence,… Read more »
Prof. Tobias Winright Tobias Winright is Professor of Moral Theology at St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth, and he is Associate Member of the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. INTRODUCTION: SITUATING IRELAND After visiting Ireland regularly for over 24 years, my family and I moved to Maynooth from the United States of… Read more »
Dr Mark Mellett Vice Admiral, Dr Mark Mellett was Ireland’s highest ranking military officer, Government’s Principal Military Advisor and member of the National Security Committee and the EU Military Committee. He now runs his own company Green Compass advocating for sustainability and is Board Chair of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority and Sage Advocacy. INTRODUCTION… Read more »
Eugene Quinn and David Moriarty Eugene Quinn is National Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland, a position he has held since 2006. He was Chair of the Limerick Integration Working Group 2010-22. He was a member of the McMahon Working Group on the Protection Process, which reported to Government in June 2015. From… Read more »
Dr Kevin Hargaden and Emmet Sheerin Kevin Hargaden is Director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice and its Social Theologian. Emmet Sheerin is an Irish documentary maker, he traveled to the Middle East as a human rights observer where his work involved monitoring and reporting on violations of human rights and international law.… Read more »
Dr Ciara Murphy “Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics and of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil.” Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti Pope Francis in Fratelli Tutti articulates the utter devastation which war leaves in its wake.1 As the Irish… Read more »
Deborah Burton and Dr Ho-Chih Lin Deborah Burton is one of the co-founders of Tipping Point North South, a non-profit set up by former debt, trade and tax justice campaigners to work across both the creative and NGO sectors through campaigns, events and cinema documentary production. She leads on Tipping Point North South’s primary policy/advocacy… Read more »
Working Notes is a journal published by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. The journal focuses on social, economic and theological analysis of Irish society. It has been produced since 1987.
