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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779926003321

Titolo

Ethics and foreign policy / / edited by Karen E. Smith and Margot Light

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-12358-5

0-511-04392-9

0-521-80415-9

1-280-43339-6

0-511-49169-7

0-511-32844-3

0-511-15456-9

0-511-17460-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

LSE monographs in international studies

Disciplina

172/.4

Soggetti

International relations - Moral and ethical aspects

Diplomacy - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ethics, interests and foreign policy / Chris Brown -- The ethics of humanitarian intervention: protecting civilians to make democratic citizenship possible / Mervyn Frost -- A pragmatist perspective on ethical foreign policy / Molly Cochran -- Exporting democracy / Margot Light -- Ethical foreign policies and human rights: dilemmas for non-governmental organisations / Margo Picken -- The international criminal court / Spyros Economides -- Constructing an ethical foreign policy: analysis and practice from below / K.M. Fierke -- The United States and the ethics of post-modern war / Christopher Coker -- Blair's Britain: a force for good in the world? / Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler -- The EU, human rights and relations with third countries: 'foreign policy' with an ethical dimension? / Karen E. Smith.

Sommario/riassunto

The promotion of human rights, the punishment of crimes against humanity, the use of force with respect to humanitarian intervention: these are some of the complex issues facing governments in recent



years. The contributors to this book offer a theoretical and empirical approach to these issues. Three leading normative theorists first explore what an 'ethical foreign policy' means. Four contributors then look at potential or actual instruments of ethical foreign policy-making: the export of democracy, non-governmental organisations, the International Criminal Court, and bottom-up public pressure on governments. Finally, three case studies examine more closely developments in the foreign policies of the US, the UK, and the European Union, to assess the difficulties raised by the incorporation of ethical considerations into foreign policy.