International Ethics
, by Mervyn Frost- ISBN: 9781412947206 | 1412947200
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 7/21/2011
The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations. Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature. They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future. This series is designed to be a 'gold standard' for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in International Relations. Actors in international politics are confronted by a host of ethical questions on a day-to-day basis. The field of International Ethics confronts the question: "What, from an ethical point of view, ought I to do?" with regard to a wide range of issues including the conduct of war, the just distribution of aid and trade, human rights, the care of the global environment, the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, genocide, money laundering, global terror and many others. The four volumes of this collection examine these highly relevant issues under three broad headings: " The moral standing of states " The moral standing of non-state actors " The ethics of international relations