Ethics in International Affairs Theories and Cases

by Valls, Andrew; Caney, Simon; Cason, Jefferey; Coates, Anthony J.; Elfstrom, Gerard; Fotion, Nicholas; George, David A.; Gordon, Neve; Harbour, Frances V.; Held, Virginia; Jones, Peter; Kieh, George Klay; Lopez, George A.; Nagengast, Emil; Welch, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780847691562
• ISBN10: 084769156X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-22
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Ethics in International Affairs brings together an international and interdisciplinary cast of scholars to address the major issues in international ethics. Touching on theoretical debates and examining engaging case studies, this volume looks at issues of morality and international affairs, just war theory, terrorism, political violence, humanitarian intervention, and global distributive justice. Cases include the Persian Gulf War; the use of chemical weapons in Vietnam; terrorism in Northern Ireland and the Middle East; intervention in civil conflicts in Africa; Germany'¬"s recognition of Slovenia and Croatia; the moral duties of multinationals; and the fate of the New International Economic Order. This collection of original essays will be valuable to students and scholars of international ethics and international affairs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Virginia Held
Introduction	xiii
Andrew Valls
Part I: Does Morality Apply to International Affairs?
Morality and ``the National Interest''	3	(12)
David A. Welch
Part II: Just War Theory
Reactions to War: Pacifism, Realism, and Just War Theory	15	(18)
Nicholas Fotion
Just War in the Persian Gulf?	33	(16)
Anthony J. Coates
The Just War Tradition and the Use of Nonlethal Chemical Weapons during the Vietnam War	49	(16)
Frances V. Harbour
Part III: Terrorism and Political Violence
Can Terrorism Be Justified?	65	(16)
Andrew Valls
The Ethics of IRA Terrorism	81	(18)
David A. George
Terrorism in the Arab---Israeli Conflict	99	(18)
Neve Gordon
George A. Lopez
Part IV: Humanitarian Intervention
Humanitarian Intervention and State Sovereignty	117	(18)
Simon Caney
Humanitarian Intervention in Civil Wars in Africa	135	(16)
George Klay Kieh
German and U.S. Intervention against Yugoslav Sovereignty	151	(18)
Emil Nagengast
Part V: Global Justice
Global Distributive Justice	169	(16)
Peter Jones
The Ethical Responsibilities of Multinational Corporations: The Case of the North American Aluminum Companies in Jamaica	185	(16)
Gerard Elfstrom
Whatever Happened to the New International Economic Order?	201	(14)
Jeffrey Cason
References	215	(16)
Index	231	(8)
About the Contributors	239