Archive for the 'A Cool Hour' Category

The Final “Cool Hour”

Over at Normblog you’ll find the tenth and final post in Sam Fleischacker’s brilliant “Cool Hour” analysis of the competing claims to justice in the Israel-Palestine conflict. It has offered new and stimulating arguments on questions that sometimes seem to have been argued to death. That’s not a small achievement.

Continue reading ‘The Final “Cool Hour”’

A Response To “A Cool Hour on the Israel-Palestine Conflict 8″

Over at Normblog you’ll find the latest installment of Sam Fleischacker’s series “A Cool Hour on the Israel-Palestine Conflict”. On this occasion Fleischacker deals with “Self-Determination: The Case for Arab Sovereignty over All of Palestine.” I think that though Sam makes many telling points along the way, the overall conclusion he draws is not correct and in the following remarks I will try to show why.

Continue reading ‘A Response To “A Cool Hour on the Israel-Palestine Conflict 8″’

A Response To “A Cool Hour on the Israel-Palestine Conflict 7 ”

Over at Normblog you’ll find the latest installment of Sam Fleischacker’s series “A Cool Hour on the Israel-Palestine Conflict” here. You’ll find my comments on previous installments behind these numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. On this occasion Fleischacker deals with questions relating to nationalism and, once again, I’m in agreement with the thrust of what he says. There follow some variations on points he raises.

Continue reading ‘A Response To “A Cool Hour on the Israel-Palestine Conflict 7 ”’