The question of intervention : John Stuart Mill and the responsibility to protect / Michael W. Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Michael W., 1948- author.

Series:

Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873.

Political and social views.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

Philosophy.

Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873--Political and social views.

Mill, John Stuart.

Intervention (International law).

Responsibility to protect (International law).

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States--Foreign relations--2009-.

Physical Description:

xiii, 272 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2015]

Summary:

"The question of when or if a nation should intervene in another country's affairs is one of the most important concerns in today's volatile world. Taking John Stuart Mill's famous 1859 essay 'A Few Words on Non-Intervention' as his starting point, international relations scholar Michael W. Doyle addresses the thorny issue of when a state's sovereignty should be respected and when it should be overridden or disregarded by other states in the name of humanitarian protection, national self-determination, or national security. In this time of complex social and political interplay and increasingly sophisticated and deadly weaponry, Doyle reinvigorates Mill's principles for a new era while assessing the new United Nations doctrine of responsibility to protect. In the twenty-first century, intervention can take many forms: military and economic, unilateral and multilateral. Doyle's thought-provoking argument examines essential moral and legal questions underlying significant American foreign policy dilemmas of recent years, including Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nonintervention

Exceptions That Override

Exceptions That Disregard

Libya, the "Responsibility to Protect," and the New Moral Minimum

Postbellum Peacebuilding

Conclusion

Appendix 1: John Stuart Mill's "A Few Words on Non-Intervention"

Appendix 2: List of Interventions, 1815-2003 / Michael Doyle and Camille Strauss-Kahn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300172638

030017263X

OCLC:

877369687