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Global Ethics: Anarchy, Freedom and International Relations
Contributor(s): Frost, Mervyn (Author)
ISBN: 0415466105     ISBN-13: 9780415466103
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $44.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2008
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This provocative and original book provides a concise explanation of why global politics must be understood in ethical terms. Mervyn Frost illustrates the theory with a series of detailed case studies on the Iraq war, the war on terror, Iran, the use of private military companies, migration and terrorism and in so doing he forces the reader to confront their own necessary engagement as ethical citizens of a global society.
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Civics & Citizenship
- Political Science | International Relations - General
- Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties
Dewey: 172.4
LCCN: 2008012959
Series: Critical Issues in Global Politics
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 192 pages
 
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This provocative and original book challenges the commonplace that contemporary international interactions are best understood as struggles for power. Eschewing jargon and theoretical abstraction, Mervyn Frost argues that global politics and global civil society must be understood in ethical terms. International actors are always faced with the ethical question: So, what ought we to do in circumstances like these?

Illustrating the centrality of ethics to our understanding of global politics and global civil society with detailed case studies, Frost shows how international actors constitute one another in global social practices that are underpinned by specific ethical commitments.

Case Studies examined include:

  • The War on Iraq
  • The 'Global War on Terror'
  • Iran
  • Human Rights
  • Globalization and Migration
  • The use of Private Military Companies.

Global Ethics forces readers to confront their own necessary ethical engagement as citizens and rights holders in global society. Failure to understand international relations in ethical terms will lead to misguided action. This book should be read by all scholars and students of international relations as well as the general reader seeking an accessible account of the importance of ethical decisions in world affairs.