| Ethics and International Relations Contributor(s): Rosenthal, Joel H. (Author), Kapstein, Ethan B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754628485 ISBN-13: 9780754628484 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $396.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 172.4 |
| LCCN: 2009921313 |
| Series: Library of Essays in International Relations |
| Physical Information: (2.89 lbs) 564 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume offers a new dimension to realist theories about world politics. It questions both the theoretical and empirical foundations of much of traditional realist thought by offering realist-oriented analyses that emphasize the possibilities of cooperation and accommodation through agreement over common motivations and concerns. The articles in this volume demonstrate that moral considerations can and do play a significant role in shaping state behavior and that despair about the possibility of improving the systems and institutions within which we live is unwarranted. Specific points of normative convergence are raised in some detail, especially on issues of war, membership and authority, humanitarian concern and the social consequences of globalization. Three ethical concepts form the core of the 'realism reconsidered' argued for here, namely, the ideas of pluralism, rights and fairness. |
