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International Ethics : A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader /

Alexander, Lawrence A.

International Ethics : A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader / Lawrence A. Alexander; ed. by Charles R. Beitz. - 1 online resource (326 p.) - Philosophy and Public Affairs Readers ; 3 .

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I. THE CHALLENGE OF SKEPTICISM -- Moral Skepticism and International Relations -- PART II. MORALITY AND THE RULES OF WAR -- War and Massacre -- Conventions and the Morality of War -- War and Innocence -- Self-Defense and the Killing of Noncombatants: A Reply to Fullinwider -- PART III. DETERRENCE ETHICS -- Missiles and Morals: A Utilitarian Look at Nuclear Deterrence -- Doubts About Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament -- Disarmament Revisited: A Reply to Kavka and Hardin -- PART IV. THE MORAL STATUS OF THE NATION-STATE -- The Rights of Political Communities (excerpts from Just and Unjust Wars) -- Just War and Human Rights -- The Moral Standing of States: A Response to Four Critics -- The Romance of the Nation-State -- PART V. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIANISM AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE -- Famine, Affluence, and Morality -- Lifeboat Earth -- Justice and International Relations -- The Contributors

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This book is comprised of essays previously published in Philosophy & Public Affairs and also an extended excerpt from Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780691241869

10.1515/9780691241869 doi


International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.

Ad hominem. Aggression. Attempt. Authoritarianism. Blackmail. Calculation. Casus belli. Civil disobedience. Civilian. Combatant. Consent of the governed. Consideration. Conventional weapon. Conventionalism. Counterforce. Crime against peace. Crime. Criticism. Declaration of war. Defensive war. Demobilization. Deterrence (legal). Disarmament. Divine law. Dr. Strangelove. Duress. Ethical dilemma. Externality. God. Great power. Heresy. Heteronomy. Hostility. Humanitarian intervention. Impasse. Impunity. Insurgency. International law. International relations. Jus ad bellum. Just war theory. Law of war. Moral blindness. Moral skepticism. Morality. Mutual assured destruction. Necessity. Non-interventionism. Nuclear blackmail. Nuclear disarmament. Nuclear warfare. Nuclear weapon. Pacifism. Peace treaty. Philosopher. Philosophy. Political alienation. Politics Among Nations. Power politics. Pre-emptive nuclear strike. Preemptive war. Preventive war. Probability. Realism (international relations). Reprisal. Requirement. Result. Right of self-defense. Rights. Robert Nozick. Secession. Second strike. Security dilemma. Self-defense. Self-determination. Skepticism. Slavery. Sovereignty. Soviet Union. State of nature. Subversion. Superiority (short story). Territorial integrity. The Realist. Theodicy. Theory. Thomas Hobbes. Torture. Trade barrier. Trade war. Treaty. Unilateral disarmament. Unilateralism. Unstated assumption. Utilitarianism. War of aggression. War. Warfare. Westphalian sovereignty. Wickedness.

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