Justifying humanitarian intervention
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- Created on: 15-06-15 12:00
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- Is humanitarian intervention ever justified?
- NO- Realist
- Moral pluralism; (Postmodernism) societies are diverse and any intervention is cultural imperialism
- International law is binding, does not justify the intervention of states
- National interest- states must protect sovereignty and also their own security (offensive realist- Kenneth Waltz)
- Double standards- the simplistic idea of 'good vs. evil' is contrived, as states such as the USA commit their own atrocities
- YES- Liberal
- Common humanity through universal civil and political rights
- Interdependence- states are no longer islands
- Regional stability- preserve balance of power
- Democracy- idea of 'responsible sovereignty' and democratic peace thesis
- NO- Realist
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