Voices

John Davenport is a professor of philosophy who teaches ethics, political philosophy, democratic theory and human rights at Fordham University. His most recent book is A League of Democracies (Routledge, 2019), and he is working on a book about constitutional reforms to the federal political system.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Vladimir Putin‘s aggression against Ukraine fails just war theory, but the ethicist John Davenport writes that NATO forces are morally justified in responding with proportionate military action.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
A national voter registry, criminal penalties for misleading people about election law and ranked-choice voting are among the ways to restore U.S. democracy, writes Fordham University’s John Davenport.