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Confronting Evil in International Relations

Ethical Responses to Problems of Moral Agency

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  • © 2008

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  1. Renée Jeffery

    1. University of Adelaide, Australia

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Problem of Evil in International Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction Evil, Responsibility, and Response

      • RenĂ©e Jeffery
      Pages 3-10

    3. Evil and the Problem of Responsibility

      • RenĂ©e Jeffery
      Pages 11-33

  3. Agency and Responsibility for Evil in International Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Individual Agency and Responsibility for Atrocity

      • Kirsten Ainley
      Pages 37-60

    3. Collective Evildoing

      • Arne Johan Vetlesen
      Pages 61-85

  4. Ethical Responses to Evil in International Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Evil, Agency, and Punishment

      • Anthony F. Lang Jr.
      Pages 89-114

    3. Reconciliation

      • Daniel Philpott
      Pages 115-149

    4. Avenging Evil

      • Ian Hall
      Pages 151-178

    5. To Forgive the Unforgivable?

      • RenĂ©e Jeffery
      Pages 179-212

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 213-229
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About this book

This book offers original essays on the subject of evil in international relations. It considers questions of moral agency associated with the perpetration of evil acts by individuals and groups in the international sphere, and the range of ethical responses the international community has available to it in the aftermath of large-scale evils.

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  • University of Adelaide, Australia

    Renée Jeffery

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RENEE JEFFERY is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

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