Universality, ethics, and international relations [[electronic resource] ] : a grammatical reading / / Véronique Pin-Fat

• Autore: Pin-Fat Véronique <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 172/.4
• Soggetto topico: International relations - Moral and ethical aspects; Ethics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Introduction; 1 Reading grammatically: Reading, representation and the limits of language; 2 Universality as conjunctive solution: Ethics 'and' International Relations; 3 Divine universality: Morgenthau, alchemy and the national interest; 4 Ideal universality: Beitz, reason and the ghost of Houdini; 5 Binary universality: Walzer, thinning the thick and fattening up the thin; 6 In defence of universality: (Im)possible universalism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Universality Ethics and International Relations introduces students to the key debates about ethics in international relations theory. This book explores the reasons why grappling with universality and ethics seems to be a profound endeavour and where we end up when we do. By offering a new way of thinking about ethics in International Relations, Pin-Fat shows that there are several varieties of universality which are offered as the answer to ethics in global politics; the divine universality of Hans Morgenthau, the ideal universality of Charles R. Beitz and the binary unive
• Titolo autorizzato: Universality, ethics, and international relations
• ISBN: 1-135-28247-1; 1-282-31512-9; 9786612315121; 0-203-86779-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455289803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Interventions