International ethics : concepts, theories, and cases in global politics / Mark R. Amstutz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amstutz, Mark R.

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

World politics--Moral and ethical aspects.

World politics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 319 pages)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Now in a comprehensively revised and updated edition, International Ethics cogently demonstrates that moral values and ethical reasoning are indispensable in global politics. Through balanced arguments and a wide-ranging selection of case studies, Mark R. Amstutz convincingly demonstrates that moral norms are an essential element of foreign policy and that ethical analysis is central to the study of international relations. Amstutz illustrates the role of moral norms in global politics with twenty five revised and new case studies. The cases are focused on eight major global issues: political reconciliation, human rights, war, irregular war, foreign intervention, economic sanctions, justice among states, and global justice. This clearly written study will be of special interest to students and practitioners of international affairs who are concerned with the role of political morality and ethical judgment in global affairs. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Ethical Foundations

Chapter 1 Morality and Foreign Policy 9

Morality and Ethics 9

The Nature and Bases of Political Morality 12

The Development of a Moral Foreign Policy 18

Caser 1-1 NATO Intervention in Kosovo 22

Chapter 2 Ethics and Global Society 29

Alternative Conceptions of Global Society 30

Justice in Global Society 32

Moral Theories of Global Society 35

Caser 2-1 Global Poverty 38

Chapter 3 The Role of Ethical Traditions 45

The Nature and Role of Ethical Traditions 46

Realism 48

Caser 3-1 U.S. Intervention in Grenada 50

Idealism 54

Caser 3-2 President Carter's Human Rights Policy 57

Principled Realism 60

Caser 3-3 Ethics and the Bush Doctrine 62

Chapter 4 Strategies of Ethical Decision Making 67

Ends-Based Action 68

Caser 4-1 The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence 70

Ride-Based Action 74

Caser 4-2 Famine Relief for Soviet Russia 76

Tridimensional Ethics 78

Caser 4-3 The Ethics of Strategic Defense 80

Ethical Decision Making 82

Part 2 Global Issues

Chapter 5 The Ethics of International Human Rights 91

The Idea of Human Rights 93

Caser 5-1 Caning in Singapore 97

International Humanitarian Law 99

Human Rights and Foreign Policy 103

Caser 5-2 The Rwanda Genocide and the Failure to Prevent It 110

Chapter 6 The Ethics of Political Reconciliation 113

Reckoning with Past Regime Offenses 113

The Quest for Political Reconciliation 116

Retributive Justice 118

Caser 6-1 Prosecuting Rwanda's Genocide Offenders 119

Restorative Justice 122

Caser 6-2 South African Reconciliation through Truth and Reparations 124

Reconciliation through Political Forgiveness 129

Caser 6-3 Political Forgiveness and the Bitburg Dilemma 131

Chapter 7 The Ethics of War 135

Three Moralities of Force 136

Caser 7-1 The Ethics of the Persian Gulf War 142

The Ethics of Preemptive and Preventive War 146

Caser 7-2 The Preventive War against Iraq 150

Chapter 8 The Ethics of Irregular War 157

Terrorism 159

Combating Terrorism 161

Caser 8-1 The Ethics of Coercive Interrogation 164

Targeted Killing 168

Caser 8-2 Targeted Killing with Drones 170

Chapter 9 The Ethics of Foreign Intervention 177

Sovereignty and Nonintervention 178

The Political and Moral Basis of Nonintervention 181

Practicing Intervention 185

The Responsibility to Protect 187

Caser 9-1 Protecting Civilians in Libya 189

Humanitarian Intervention 193

Caser 9-2 U.S. Intervention in Somalia 195

Chapter 10 The Ethics of International Economic Relations 201

Globalization 202

Financial Globalization 205

Caser 10-1 The Euro Crisis 208

Economic Sanctions 212

Caser 10-2 Economic Sanctions and South African Apartheid 219

Chapter 11 Pursuing International Justice 225

International Justice 226

Promoting International Justice through Foreign Aid 227

Caser 11-1 U.S. Assistance to AIDS Victims 230

Individuals and Global Society 233

Caser 11-2 Challenges to U.S. Immigration Policy 238

Chapter 12 Promoting Global Justice 243

The Development of Global Governance 244

Protecting Global Public Goods 248

Caser 12-1 Managing Global Climate Change 251

Promoting Legal Justice in Global Society 255

Caser 12-2 The Detention of Augusto Pinochet 260.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

841215971

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