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Klappentext We are currently in a period of rapid global change that is of profound importance, but the nature of which is difficult to comprehend. A crucial element in any such comprehension must be an understanding of its ethical dimension since ethical ideas enter into the structure of international orders. Particular ethical questions are also, of course, of great intrinsic interest and importance. This book covers both aspects through an analysis of key concepts and issues. Zusammenfassung We are currently in a period of rapid global change that is of profound importance, but the nature of which is difficult to comprehend. A crucial element in any such comprehension must be an understanding of its ethical dimension since ethical ideas enter into the structure of international orders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface - Notes on Contributors - PART 1: ANALYSING GLOBAL CHANGE - Introduction; B.Holden - Defining Global Change; K.Dark - PART 2: THE NORMATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM - Construction and Constraint in the Promotion of Change in the Principles of International Conduct; R.J.B.Jones - Nothing Succeeds Like Success? Legitimacy and International Relations; J.Williams - PART 3: IS THERE A 'NEW WORLD ORDER'? - Is There Any Moral Basis to the 'New World Order'?; P.M.Jones - Realist Objections to Humanitarian Intervention; A.Mason & N.Wheeler - PART 4: ASPECTS OF COSMOPOLITANISM - The Idea of International Citizenship; K.Hutchings - Democratic Theory and the Problem of Global Warming; B.Holden - PART 5: INTERNATIONAL ORDERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT - Ecological Change and Political Crisis; K.Dark - International Justice and Global Warming; M.Paterson - PART 6: PERCEPTIONS OF WAR IN A CHANGING WORLD - The New World Order and the Ethics of War; A.Coates - Ethics in the Conduct of War; S.G.Levy - Bibliography - Index
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Preface - Notes on Contributors - PART 1: ANALYSING GLOBAL CHANGE - Introduction; B.Holden - Defining Global Change; K.Dark - PART 2: THE NORMATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM - Construction and Constraint in the Promotion of Change in the Principles of International Conduct; R.J.B.Jones - Nothing Succeeds Like Success? Legitimacy and International Relations; J.Williams - PART 3: IS THERE A 'NEW WORLD ORDER'? - Is There Any Moral Basis to the 'New World Order'?; P.M.Jones - Realist Objections to Humanitarian Intervention; A.Mason & N.Wheeler - PART 4: ASPECTS OF COSMOPOLITANISM - The Idea of International Citizenship; K.Hutchings - Democratic Theory and the Problem of Global Warming; B.Holden - PART 5: INTERNATIONAL ORDERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT - Ecological Change and Political Crisis; K.Dark - International Justice and Global Warming; M.Paterson - PART 6: PERCEPTIONS OF WAR IN A CHANGING WORLD - The New World Order and the Ethics of War; A.Coates - Ethics in the Conduct of War; S.G.Levy - Bibliography - Index
