Ethics and Foreign Policy

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-80415-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: LSE Monographs in International Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Karen E.

Light, Margot

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Karen E. Smith and Margot Light: I. Theories: 1. Ethics, interests and foreign policy Chris Brown; 2. The ethics of humanitarian intervention: protecting civilians to make democratic citizenship possible Mervyn Frost; 3. A pragmatic perspective on ethical foreign policy Molly Cochran; II. Instruments and Policies: 4. Exporting democracy Margot Light; 5. Ethical foreign policies and human rights: dilemmas for non-governmental organisations Margo Picken; 6. The international criminal court Spyros Economides; 7. Constructing an ethical foreign policy: analysis and practice from below Karin Fierke; III. Case Studies: 8. The United States and the ethics of post-modern war Christopher Coker; 9. Blair's Britain: a force for good in the world? Tim Dunne and Nicholas Wheeler; 10. The EU, human rights and relations with third countries: 'foreign policy' with an ethical dimension? Karen E. Smith.

Über Autor(innen)

Light, Margot
Margot Light is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. She is co-editor (with A. J. R. Groom) of Contemporary International Relations: A Guide to Theory (1994) and co-author (with Neil Malcolm, Alex Pravda and Roy Allison) of International Factors in Russian Foreign Policy (1996).

Smith, Karen E.
Karen E. Smith is Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics. Her recent publications include The Making of EU Foreign Policy: The Case of Eastern Europe (1999) and co-editor (with Christopher Hill) of European Foreign Policy: Key Documents (2000).