Ethics and international affairs : extent and limits / edited by Jean-Marc Coicaud and Daniel Warner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coicaud, Jean-Marc.

Warner, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 292 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : United Nations University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Ethics and International Affairs explores the extent and limits of contemporary international ethics and examines the ways in which the international community has responded to some of the most crucial challenges since the end of the Cold War. At the centre of the book is a discussion of how responsibility is viewed at individual, national, and international levels when facing the problems of human rights, humanitarian intervention, environmental issues, considerations of gender, international economic justice, matters of war and peace, and the plight of refugees. While some authors revisit the conception and interpretation of international ethics, others focus on the necessity to push for the better implementation and improvement of existing international norms. The result is an examination of how ethics are defined in today's specific contexts and how an understanding of the ethical may be developed from the articulation of the dilemmas encountered. The issues tackled in the book were already topical over ten years ago, at the time of the first edition. In 2013, the year of publication for this second edition, following the tumultuous decade of the early 2000s, they have only gained in importance. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction to the second edition: International ethics ten years later: Any progress? / Jean-Marc Coicaud Coicaud, Jean-Marc, Daniel Warner Warner, Daniel 1

Introduction to the first edition: Reflections on the extent-and limits of contemporary international ethics / Jean-Marc Coicaud Coicaud, Jean-Marc, Daniel Warner Warner, Daniel 6

2 International law as an approach to international ethics: A plea for a jurisprudential diagnostics / Friedrich Kratochwil Kratochwil, Friedrich 19

3 The ethics of modern diplomacy / Roberto Toscano Toscano, Roberto 47

4 Violence and ethics: Beyond the reason of state paradigm / Pierre Hassner Hassner, Pierre 89

5 Justice and international order: The case of Bosnia and Kosovo / David Campbell Campbell, David 108

6 Ethics and international human rights / Jack Donnelly Donnelly, Jack 133

7 Environmental ethics in international society / Oran R. Young Young, Oran R. 166

8 Ethics, feminism, and international affairs / Kimberly Hutchings Hutchings, Kimberly 199

9 Ethics and refugees / Mark Gibney Gibney, Mark 218

10 Does globalization have an ethical problem? / Ethan B. Kapstein Kapstein, Ethan B. 247

11 Conclusion: The continuing task(s) of international ethics / Nicholas Rengger Rengger, Nicholas 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789280812251

9280812254

OCLC:

841039495