Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-07-20]: Israeli commandos have boarded a ship that attempted to break the Gaza blockade [source: BBC News]. The power of the State has always been an important issue of discussion regarding international Law. What determines the limits of this power? Is it only Force, or a sense of Universal underlying law which – based on the virtue of “Right vs Wrong” – dictates a state’s legal actions? How can an action of isolating some people from the rest of the world be legal?(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
