Moral limit and possibility in world politics / edited by Richard M. Price.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Price, Richard M. (Richard MacKay), 1964- editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 107.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Political ethics.

Normativity (Ethics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Moral Limit & Possibility in World Politics

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At what point can we concede that the realities of world politics require that moral principles be compromised, and how do we know when a real ethical limit has been reached? This volume gathers leading constructivist scholars to explore the issue of moral limit and possibility in global political dilemmas. The contributors examine pressing ethical challenges such as sanctions, humanitarian intervention, torture, the self-determination of indigenous peoples, immigration, and the debate about international criminal tribunals and amnesties in cases of atrocity. Their analyses entail theoretical and empirical claims about the conditions of possibility and limits of moral change in world politics, therefore providing insightful leverage on the ethical question of 'what ought we to do?' This is a valuable contribution to the growing field of normative theory in International Relations and will appeal to scholars and advanced students of international ethics and political theory.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Moral limit and possibility in world politics; 2 Constructivism and the structure of ethical reasoning; 3 The role of consequences, comparison and counterfactuals in constructivist ethical thought; 4 Sovereignty, recognition and indigenous peoples; 5 Policy hypocrisy or political compromise? Assessing the morality of US policy toward undocumented migrants; 6 Lie to me: sanctions on Iraq, moral argument and the international politics of hypocrisy; 7 Paradoxes in humanitarian intervention

8 Inevitable inequalities? Approaching gender equality and multiculturalism9 Interstate community-building and the identity/difference predicament; 10 Progress with a price; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-18736-2

1-281-75119-7

9786611751197

0-511-41452-8

0-511-41520-6

0-511-41291-6

0-511-41198-7

0-511-75589-9

0-511-41383-1

OCLC:

476173793