• Three questions about violence 

  Bufacchi, Vittorio (Philosophy Documentation Center, 2022)

  This article explores three philosophical issues regarding the concept of violence. First, violence is not just an act, it is also an experience. The study of violence should not focus exclusively on understanding actions ...
• War crimes in Ukraine: is Putin responsible? 

  Bufacchi, Vittorio (Taylor & Francis, 2022-07-26)

  War crimes are being committed in Ukraine today, but who should be held responsible? By looking at the literature on responsibility and violence by Philippa Foot and John Harris, this article argues that there are grounds ...
• The Need-Efficiency Tradeoff for negative emissions technologies 

  Mintz-Woo, Kian (PLOS, 2022-08-01)

  Negative emissions technologies seem to be a necessary part of our climate change portfolio. However, their introduction should not be left to market forces, forces which are neither likely to optimize climate gains nor ...
• COVID-19 and social injustice 

  Bufacchi, Vittorio; Byrne, Ellen C. (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022-07-01)

  There are two ways to make sense of a human tragedy: as an injustice, or as a misfortune. A misfortune is usually associated with inescapable external forces of nature, and as such the desolation it leaves in its wake is ...
• Is vaccine hoarding a type of violence? 

  Bufacchi, Vittorio; Byrne, Ellen C. (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2022-07-01)

  Covid-19 has exposed the structural injustice in global society. This is reflected in the maldistribution of vaccines between rich and poor countries. The hoarding of vaccines by the richest nations is one of the most ...

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