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The Use of Force in Humanitarian Intervention: Morality and Practicalities
Humanitarian intervention is a many layered and complex concept. This study analyzes the various ethical positions, particularly consequentialism, welfare-utilitarianism and just war theory to unravel this intricate topic.
Author(s) | By John Janzekovic (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia). |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 228 |
Published in | United States |
Published | 29 Nov 2017 |
Availability | POD |
Humanitarian intervention is a many layered and complex concept. This study analyzes the various ethical positions, particularly consequentialism, welfare-utilitarianism and just war theory to unravel this intricate topic.
Contents: List of maps and figures; Preface; Introduction; Ethical reasoning and moral principles; Plausible interventionist strategies; Humanitarian law and military intervention; Objections to the ethical principles and applications; Ethnic conflict in
Dr John Janzekovic is lecturer in international relations and Australian politics at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in Queensland, Australia, and lecturer in Australian and Asia Pacific politics at Vaxjo University in Sweden. John has 22 years