POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY IN WORLD AFFAIRS by Cathal J Nolan, Cathal J. Nolan (Editor) ( 9780275966690 )

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Title:

POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY IN WORLD AFFAIRS
REFORMATION VERSUS TRANSFORMATION

By:

Cathal J Nolan, Cathal J. Nolan (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0275966690

ISBN 13:

9780275966690

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

30 June, 2004

Pages:

264

Description:

Focuses attention on the often overlooked ethical dimension of international relations and illustrates the degree to which some of the Great Powers are conscious of their special moral and practical obligations.

Synopsis:

This volume presents the idea that great power carries with it great moral obligation to reform the international system. It is centrally concerned with the nature and operation of international moral norms. It shows that great secular power correlates to an increased moral responsibility for the just conduct of the world. This work also emphasizes the often overlooked fact that important normative constraints on power exist already, so that even Great powers must act with a degree of restraint and prudence. Highlights a timely debate about the goals and ambitions of liberal Great Powers, no longer constrained from intervention by the balance of terror of the Cold War. Features cross-cultural issues, essays, and contributors from Europe, North America, and Asia. Arguments are concerned with pragmatic international ethics, not theory, and are written in a clear and concise manner.

Publication:

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Returns:

Non-returnable

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