The Ethics of Foreign Policy

This volume considers the ethical aspects of foreign policy change through five inter-related dimensions: conceptual, security, economic, normative and diplomatic. The definition of ethics and what an ethical foreign policy should be is highly contested. The editors have included many very different viewpoints to reflect the strong differences of opinion on such issues as humanitarian intervention, free trade, the doctrine of preemption, political corruption, and human rights.The thematic approach provides this volume with a clear organizational structure which will enable readers to develop a balanced overview of a number of important conceptual and practical issues central to the ethical analysis of states' conduct and foreign policy making.An impressive group of international scholars and practitioners make this volume ideally suited to courses on international relations, security studies, ethics and human rights, philosophy, media studies and international law.