Commentary
In the last century, governing elites came to see nations—with their separate borders, traditions, and governments—as sources of conflict and war.
In this file photo a huge euro logo is seen in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on June 13, 2005, in Frankfurt, Germany. The replacement of the national currency with a single euro was a political attempt to integrate the very different nations of the EU, according to some commentators. Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images
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Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
