Just Intervention (Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs series) - Tapa blanda

""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 policy makers 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."

Do nations have a responsibility to protect citizens of other nations? This anthology provides vigorous and fresh perspectives on humanitarian intervention, using normative frameworks and contemporary illustrations to shed light on policy debates. The contributor list reads like a who's-who in the field: Michael Barnett at Wisconsin; Richard Caplan at Oxford; Simon Chesterton at the International Peace Academy; Martin Cook at the U.S. Army War College; Sohail Hashmi at Mt. Holyoke; Julie Mertus at American University; Terry Nardin at Wisconsin; Nicholas Onus at Florida International; Amir Pasic at SAIS-Johns Hopkins; Thomas Weiss at CUNY; and Nicholas Wheeler at the University of Wales. This book does not attempt to make a sustained argument. Rather, it highlights the most significant moral issues in regard to humanitarian intervention. Highlights: Hashmi analyzes how Islamic tradition and Islamic states understand humanitarian intervention; Weiss strongly advocates the use of military force for humanitarian purposes in Yugoslavia; Cook, Caplan, and Mertus raise questions about the use of force in Kosovo; Barnett, drawing on his experience in the UN while it debated how best to respond to Rwandan genocide, discusses how international organizations may be hesitant to use force due to bureaucratic inertia.