Ethics of peacebuilding / Tim Murithi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murithi, Timothy.

Series:

Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the ethical dimension of peacebuilding. In the aftermath of the Cold War the hope for a more stable and just international order was rapidly dissolved by the internecine conflicts that plagued all continents. The Rwanda and Srebrenica genocides demonstrated the challenge of promoting peace in a world increasingly defined by intra-state conflict and sub-national groups confronting nation-states. Murithi interrogates the role that ethics plays in promoting and consolidating peacebuilding and presents a synthesis of moral philosophy and international relations and an analysis o

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 - MORAL KNOWLEDGE AND PEACEBUILDING; CHAPTER 3 - THE MORALITY OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION: A CRITIQUE OF THE STATE SYSTEM AND ITS MANAGEMENT OF SUB-NATIONAL CONFLICT; CHAPTER 4 - THE UTILITY OF NEGOTIATION AND MEDIATION; CHAPTER 5 - THE VIRTUE OF FORGIVENESS; CHAPTER 6 - THE VALUE OF RECONCILIATION; CHAPTER 7 - TOWARDS AN AGENDA FOR ETHICAL PEACEBUILDING; CHAPTER 8 - CONCLUSION; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-94763-6

9786611947637

0-7486-3049-X

OCLC:

437240907