Ethics in International Affairs: Theories and Cases

ISBN-13: 9780847691562 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 264 str.

Virginia Held; Andrew Valls; Virginia Held

Opis

Ethics in International Affairs brings together an international and interdisciplinary cast of scholars to address the major issues in international ethics. Touching on theoretical debates and examining engaging case studies, this volume looks at issues of morality and international affairs, just war theory, terrorism, political violence, humanitarian intervention, and global distributive justice. Cases include the Persian Gulf War; the use of chemical weapons in Vietnam; terrorism in Northern Ireland and the Middle East; intervention in civil conflicts in Africa; Germany s recognition of Slovenia and Croatia; the moral duties of multinationals; and the fate of the New International Economic Order. This collection of original essays will be valuable to students and scholars of international ethics and international affairs."