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Righteous violence : the ethics and politics of military intervention / edited by Tony Coady and Michael O'Keefe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ethics in public lifePublisher: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2005Description: xvi, 238 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0522851169
  • 9780522851168
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.584 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ6369 .R54 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Ethics and the international politics of rescue : getting beyond an American solution for an international problem / John Langan -- 2. Intervention, political realism and the ideal of peace / C. A. J. (Tony) Coady -- 3. The ethics of invasion : Jus Ad Bellum and Iraq / Hugh White -- 4. Collective responsibility and armed humanitarian intervention / Seumas Miller -- 5. Australian intervention in its neighbourhood : sheriff and humanitarian? / Michael O'Keefe -- 6. The doctrine of humanitarian intervention and the NATO air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Paul Muggleton -- 7. Domesticating military interventions and the creation of a UN standing force / Lutz Unterseher -- 8. Foreign intervention in Cote d'Ivoire : the question of legitimacy / Maya Collett -- 9. The United Nations and the humanitarian imperative : some challenges / William Maley.
Summary: "Responding to the United States' costly and controversial intervention in Iraq, nine leading thinkers analyze the philosophical and practical dimensions of military intervention and explore how conventional wisdom has changed dramatically in recent years. The contributors draw from a wide array of disciplines, including philosophy, strategic studies, political science, and legal theory to ask the defining question of our day: When, if ever, is military intervention in the affairs of a sovereign nation ethically justifiable? Exploring the conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, East Timor, and most recently Iraq, this study is an innovative, coolheaded, and challenging take on one of the central issues facing the international community."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Ethics and the international politics of rescue : getting beyond an American solution for an international problem / John Langan -- 2. Intervention, political realism and the ideal of peace / C. A. J. (Tony) Coady -- 3. The ethics of invasion : Jus Ad Bellum and Iraq / Hugh White -- 4. Collective responsibility and armed humanitarian intervention / Seumas Miller -- 5. Australian intervention in its neighbourhood : sheriff and humanitarian? / Michael O'Keefe -- 6. The doctrine of humanitarian intervention and the NATO air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / Paul Muggleton -- 7. Domesticating military interventions and the creation of a UN standing force / Lutz Unterseher -- 8. Foreign intervention in Cote d'Ivoire : the question of legitimacy / Maya Collett -- 9. The United Nations and the humanitarian imperative : some challenges / William Maley.

"Responding to the United States' costly and controversial intervention in Iraq, nine leading thinkers analyze the philosophical and practical dimensions of military intervention and explore how conventional wisdom has changed dramatically in recent years. The contributors draw from a wide array of disciplines, including philosophy, strategic studies, political science, and legal theory to ask the defining question of our day: When, if ever, is military intervention in the affairs of a sovereign nation ethically justifiable? Exploring the conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, East Timor, and most recently Iraq, this study is an innovative, coolheaded, and challenging take on one of the central issues facing the international community."--Publisher description.

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