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Book SynopsisIn 1995, the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, hosted the first of the Theodore M. Hesburgh Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy. At this inaugural gathering renowned author and scholar Stanely Hoffmann delivered two lectures on the problems of humanitarian intervention in international relations. This timely volume presents Hoffmann's lectures to a wider audience, together with responses made at the conference by Robert C. Johansen an James Sterba, and an introductory essay contributed by Raimo Varynen, director of the Kroc Institute.
In his first and premiere lecture, Hoffman attacks from a theoretical perspective the political, legal, and moral problems of outside intervention in the affairs of a state. He analyzes the traditional principle, i.e., economic and environmental interdependence, human rights concerns, nuclear proliferation, and the growing international consciousness of the widespread dangers of domestic chaos. As a matter of practical ethics in the real
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“. . .a stimulating collection of essays on one of the most complex ethical issues of our time.” —The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest
“In The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention, the eminent Stanley Hoffman takes on the task of coming up with guidelines that preserve the moral purpose of humanitarian aid and intervention . . . . What he comes up with is specific and nuanced.” —Slate
“. . .a well-reasoned account of why traditional norms of sovereignty have been eroded and why the case for humanitarian intervention is more compelling now than previously.” —Foreign Affairs
