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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      15 September 2009
      27 February 1992
      ISBN:
      9780511521768
      9780521457576
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521768
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      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.562kg, 344 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Studies in International Relations (17)
      Subjects:
      Ethics, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Philosophy
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    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International Relations (17)
    Subjects:
    Ethics, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Philosophy
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    This is the first comprehensive study of how different ethical traditions deal with the central moral problems of international affairs. Using the organising concept of a tradition, it shows that ethics offers many different languages for moral debate rather than a set of unified doctrines. Each chapter describes the central concepts, premises, vocabulary and history of a particular tradition and explains how that tradition has dealt with a set of recurring ethical issues in international relations. Such issues include national self-determination, the use of force in armed intervention or nuclear deterrence, and global distributive justice. Written by leading specialists in the US and UK, this book treats the subject of international ethics in an encyclopaedic way. It allows readers to identify internal tensions within, as well as points of agreement and disagreement between, a wide variety of traditions.

    Reviews

    ‘This outstanding collection of essays canvasses the main ethical ideas on international relations. The editors have done a splendid job in organising the volume and the contributors have produced substantial and stimulating chapters … The finest collection of essays on international ethics available.’

    Robert Jackson Source: Political Studies

    ‘The thirteen authors, two editors, and Cambridge University Press should be exceedingly proud of this study … a careful, consistent presentation of various philosophical approaches … ’

    Tom Grassey Source: Ethics

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