POLS 8485 - Ethics of International Relations

3 Credit Hours
Description
Course provides a survey of contemporary ethical questions in international relations. Among the questions considered: What significance do ethical considerations have in international affairs? Is ethical conduct in international relations possible, in the world of nation states with national interests and power politics? And how, in normative terms, should we evaluate international acts? Focus is on contemporary debates about just and unjust war, use of force, humanitarian intervention, treatment of civilians in war, human rights, democratization, and development.