Sovereignty at the Crossroads? Morality and International Politics in the Post-Cold War Era

by Lugo, Luis E.; Boyle, Joseph; Cooper, Justin; Elshtain, Jean Bethke; Guroian, Vigen; Hare, John; Johnson, James Turner; Lumsdaine, David; Marshall, Paul; Philpott, Daniel; Skillen, James; Webster, Alexander; Weigel, George

• ISBN13: 9780847682140
• ISBN10: 0847682145
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-08-08
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Ronald Wells
Introduction: State Sovereignty and International Morality in the Post-Cold War Era	ix
Luis Lugo
Part 1: Contexts
The State, Transnational Relations, and Justice: A Critical Assessment of Competing Paradigms of World Order	3	(34)
Justin Cooper
The Ambiguities of the Search for International Justice: A Response to Justin Cooper	29	(8)
Alberto Coll
On the Cusp of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Sixteenth Century	37	(34)
Daniel Philpott
Natural Law Before and After Sovereignty: A Response to Daniel Philpott	63	(8)
James Skillen
Kantian Ethics, International Politics, and the Enlargement of the Foedus Pacificum	71	(34)
John Hare
Moral Rationality and Particularity: A Response to John Hare	93	(12)
David Lumsdaine
Part 2: Cases
Identity, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination	105	(22)
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Nationalism, An Initially Non-Liberal Assessment: A Response to Jean Bethke Elshtain	119	(8)
Vigen Guroian
Humanitarian Intervention, Christian Ethical Reasoning, and the Just-War Idea	127	(26)
James Turner Johnson
Crusading for Humanity? A Response to James Turner Johnson	145	(8)
Alexander Webster
Universal Human Rights and the Role of the State	153	(34)
Paul Marshall
On the Importance of Natural Rights: A Response to Paul Marshall	177	(10)
Joseph Boyle
Conclusion
Idealism Without Illusions: Christian Morality and International Politics in the Post-Cold War Era	187	(20)
George Weigel
Index	207	(8)
About the Contributors	215