{"product_id":"9781138082342-ethics-of-humanitarian-intervention","title":"The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e offers a guide to the ethical debates surrounding armed humanitarian intervention. It\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis ideal reading for students and researchers in philosophy, applied ethics, politics and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew topics generate as much controversy and debate as armed humanitarian intervention. Military force involves death and destruction, as well as interfering in other countries’ domestic affairs. But, crucially, \u003ci\u003enon\u003c\/i\u003e-intervention is also controversial. When confronted with humanitarian crises abroad, many feel that outsiders are not only justified in using force to halt the abuses, but that they \u003ci\u003emust \u003c\/i\u003edo so. \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e offers a guide to these ethical debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn clear and informative style Jonathan Parry explores the following topics:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe morality of defending others, including the ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState sovereignty and self-determination as barriers to intervention.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe possibility of consensual intervention.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust causes for intervention: what kinds of human rights abuses warrant intervention?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe effectiveness of intervention: does it work in practice?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternatives to intervention, including aiding rebels, economic sanctions, and providing aid.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhether there is a duty to intervene.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples of intervention – including the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Liberia, and Libya – are used to illustrate the ethical dilemmas in question. The arguments of important theorists of intervention, such as John Stuart Mill, Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan, are also explained clearly and critically. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion and reflection. \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction \u003c\/i\u003eis ideal reading for students and researchers in philosophy, applied ethics, politics and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55097820938614,"sku":"9781138082342","price":44.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36649954.jpg?v=1760698991","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781138082342-ethics-of-humanitarian-intervention","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}