Midterm Paper INR

 Please critically reflect upon the question and bring in the literature. Answers should be between at least 1000-1500 words (excluding bibliography).

1. Was Hannah Arendt just in her claims against the treatment of A. Eichmann? Given state boundaries, what are the utilities and difficulties of the ICC and ICJ today. Explain using specific examples. 

2. To start, is cosmopolitanism achievable? If so, what are some empirical examples of its existence today? Whether it is possible or not, is cosmopolitanism a favorable outcome or does individual state sovereignty provide some benefits? 

3. Is cultural relativism a sufficient argument against the creation of the international body of  human rights protection (IHRP) as it exists today? In other words, what is natural (universal) about natural rights? 

4. How does Civil Society participate in the practice of IHRP? Give specific examples. 

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1 response about Hanna Arendt that you did one time ago

  Through the lens of Hannah Arendt, why did she take issue with the way in which Eichmann was tried? Should Israel have pursued Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfhrer in the manner that they did?

Hannah Arendt is the political philosopher of the twentieth century. She had witnessed the end of the trial of Eichmann. Arendt coined the phrase the banality of evil while covering the trial. This phrase became the scholarly clich. Arendt did not mean that the evil had become normal and that the Eichmann and Nazi had committed the indifferent crime. Arendt thought that the crime they did was exceptional and created a demand for a new legal judgment method. She said that Eichmann was under the control of Hitler, and he couldnt say no. But the worse thing is that Eichmann not felt bad for proceedings the horrible actions he committed. The situation seemed to be normal to Arendt. She wanted Israel to understand what led the person to take that action instead of mentioning the atrocity only. She said that the evil was banal means that thought defying. Arendt did see the true dreadfulness of Eichmanns evil (Butler, 2011).