Resources for August 24, 2014

Said, Hammad. "Relevance of Hannah Arendt’s 'A Report On The Banality Of Evil' To Gaza." Counterpunch (July 28, 2014)

"Live Coverage of Eric Garner Rally on Staten Island." The New York Times (August 23, 2014)

Lazar, Seth. "On Sparing Civilians in War." Philosophy Bites (July 19, 2014) ["In war there are legitimate and illegitimate targets. Combatants can be killed; civilians shoudn't be deliberately targeted. This is a matter of international law, but is also believed to be a moral principle. Some philosophers have argued that a combatant/civilian distinction is unsustainable. Seth Lazar , of the Australian National University, disagrees. In this interview with Nigel Warburton he explains why."]

McMahan, Jeff. "On Killing in War." Philosophy Bites (November 21, 2009) ["If someone is shooting at me in a war, surely it is morally acceptable for me to shoot back and kill him or her. Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University, author of a new book on this topic, challenges the view that such killing is always acceptable."]

Sandel, Michael. "Against Market Society." This Partially Examined Life (July 26, 2014)

Economics/Political Economy." Dialogic Cinephilia (Ongoing Peace and Conflict Studies archive)

Palmer, Landon. "6 Filmmaking Tips From John Cassavettes." Film School Rejects (August 13, 2014)

Bernstein, Paula. "25 Documentary Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter." Indiewire (December 27, 2013)

Hannah Arendt (Germany/Luxemborg/France: Margarethe von Trotta, 2012: 113 mins)

"I always tell the younger film-makers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study the old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn." - Martin Scorsese (2013)