Ethics and International Relations: A Tragic Perspective

✍ Scribed by Richard Ned Lebow

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 214
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Lebow demonstrates that foreign policies consistent with generally accepted ethical norms are more likely to succeed, and those at odds with them to fail. Constructing original data sets and analyzing multiple case studies, Lebow makes an empirical case for ethics in international relations. His approach looks to create a productive dialogue between those who ask primarily 'ought' questions and those who pose 'is' questions.  The former want to establish appropriate criteria for the behaviour of state and non-state actors and the discourses that lead to their policy decisions, whereas scholars who pose 'is' questions are concerned with how political actors behave and the principles and assumptions that might explain their behaviour. Lebow bridges the gap between 'is' and 'ought' questions by making an instrumental argument in favour of ethical foreign policy. He examines policymaking as well as policy, offering ethical guidelines for policymaking that are likely to result in more successful policies.

✦ Table of Contents

03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page
04.0_pp_v_vi_Contents
05.0_pp_vii_xiv_Preface
06.0_pp_1_21_Introduction
07.0_pp_22_40_Tragedy_and_Foreign_Policy
08.0_pp_41_79_Crime_and_Punishment
09.0_pp_80_127_Successful_Foreign_Policies
10.0_pp_128_176_Policymaking
11.0_pp_177_192_Conclusions
12.0_pp_193_200_Index