Perhaps the notion that the violenc

Perhaps the notion that the violence of empire (e.g. military humanism) is indispensable for global ethics or cosmopolitan ideals such as human rights (e.g., humanitarian intervention) falls into this trap. The cost of the universalization of human rights is thus turning every life into bare life and the acceptance of the permanent state of exception and the roguish power that constitutes it. So "if you do not want to talk about [bare life], then shut up about your love for a neighbor"?