Global Ethics - Anarchy, Freedom and International Relations

Informationen zum Autor Mervyn Frost is Professor of International Relations and Head of the Department of War Studies, King's College, London, UK. Educated at Stellenbosch and Oxford, he has held appointments at Rhodes University, the University of Natal, and the University of Kent. His major publications are: Towards a Normative Theory of International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 1986), Ethics in International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 1996) and Constituting Human Rights: Global Civil Society and the Society of Democratic States (London: Routledge, 2002). Zusammenfassung Challenges the commonplace that contemporary international interactions are best understood as struggles for power. Eschewing jargon and theoretical abstraction, this title argues that global politics and global civil society must be understood in ethical terms. It is suitable for scholars and students of international relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The ubiquity of ethics in international relations 2. Global ethical practices 3. Ethical incoherence: Individual rights versus states’ rights 4. Global terrorism understood in ethical terms 5. Defending anarchies

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• Authors: Mervyn Frost, Mervyn (King's College London Frost, Mervyn (King''s College London Frost, Frost Mervyn, Mervyn Frost
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9780415466097
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46609-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Critical Issues in Global Politics; Critical Issues in Global Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Human rights, civil rights, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict