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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.
In this Jan. 18, 2022, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in the Kremlin, in Moscow. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John Davenport
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.
People wait in line at a polling place on Nov. 3, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John Davenport
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.