The Ethics And Politics Of Military Intervention
When - if ever - is military intervention in the affairs of a sovereign nation ethically justifiable? Thanks to the United States' costly and controversial intervention in Iraq, this is the defining question of our day.
In 'Righteous Violence', nine leading thinkers present a number of perspectives on the problem. The contributions are drawn from the disciplines of philosophy, strategic studies, political science, and legal theory. The contributors have interestingly different national and professional backgrounds and there has been no attempt to impose a unity of perspective upon their contributions. The resulting variety of outlooks allows the book to offer something quite different to the many single-authored books on the market.
'Righteous Violence' places international crises in a context that can assist in making informed decisions about the morality of deploying military force in the name of humanitarianism/
