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Just Intervention - Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs series

Just Intervention

Just Intervention - Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs series

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What obligations do nations have to protect citizens of other nations? As responsibility to our fellow human beings and to the stability of civilization over many years has ripened fully into a concept of a "just war," it follows naturally that the time has come to fill in the outlines of the realities and boundaries of what constitutes "just" humanitarian intervention. Even before the world changed radically on September 11, policymakers, scholars, and activists were engaging in debates on this nettlesome issue - following that date, sovereignty, human rights, and intervention took on fine new distinctions, and questions arose: Should sovereignty prevent outside agents from interfering in the affairs of a state? What moral weight should we give to sovereignty and national borders? Do humanitarian "emergencies" justify the use of military force? Can the military be used for actions other than waging war? Can "national interest" justify intervention? And should we kill in order to save? These are profound and troubling questions, and questions that the distinguished contributors of "Just Intervention" probe in all their complicated dimensions. Sohail Hashmi analyzes how Islamic tradition and Islamic states understand humanitarian intervention; Thomas Weiss strongly advocates the use of military force for humanitarian purposes in Yugoslavia; Martin Cook, Richard Caplan, and Julie Mertus query the use of force in Kosovo; Michael Barnett, drawing on his experience in the United Nations while it debated how best to respond to Rwandan genocide, discusses how international organizations may become hamstrung in the ability to use force due to bureaucratic inertia; and, Anthony Lang ably envelopes these - and other complex issues - with a deft hand and contextual insight. Highlighting some of the most significant issues in regard to humanitarian intervention, "Just Intervention" braves the treacherous moral landscape that now faces an increasingly unstable world. These contributions will help us make our way.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780878403417
ISBN10 0878403418
Number Of Pages 240
Item Weight 318 g
Publisher / Reseller Georgetown University Press
Format paperback
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Just Intervention is a superb collection of thoughtful essays on the ethical issues raised by the use of force for humanitarian ends. Some of the pieces offer conceptual approaches that help untangle the many conflicting values at stake, while others draw specific lessons from recent cases of intervention. The book should be of interest to policymakers as well as academics, since much of the debate inside and outside government over the wisdom of the use of force often turns on the assumed or asserted ethical dimension that is so usefully explained by this collection. -- Robert L. Gallucci, dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

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Author's Bio

Anthony F. Lang Jr. is a lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews.

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