Law and Sentiment in International Politics - David Traven

Law and Sentiment in International Politics

Ethics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
300 Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-84500-7 (ISBN)
93,50 inkl. MwSt
Traven's analysis will provide IR theorists, international lawyers, and moral philosophers with a better understanding of why civilian immunity norms emerged and developed in modern international law. Furthermore, it will help them better understand why these norms fail to adequately protect civilians, and what can be done to improve them.
Drawing on recent research in moral psychology and neuroscience, this book argues that universal moral beliefs and emotions shaped the evolution of the laws of war, and in particular laws that protect civilians. It argues that civilian protection norms are not just a figment of the modern West, but that these norms were embryonic in earlier societies and civilizations, including Ancient China, early Islam, and medieval Europe. However, despite their ubiquity, this book argues that civilian protection rules are inherently fragile, and that their fragility lies not just in failures of compliance, but also in how moral emotions shaped the design of the law. The same beliefs and emotions that lead people to judge that it is wrong to intentionally target civilians can paradoxically constitute the basis for excusing states for incidental civilian casualties, or collateral damage. To make the laws of war work better for civilians, this book argues that we need to change how we think about the ethics of killing in war.

David Traven is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University-Fullerton.

Part I. A Theory of Moral Psychology and International Norms: 1. Introduction: the laws of war and the puzzle of norm emergence; 2. Mapping the mind: moral psychology and international humanitarian law; Part II. The Universal Grammar of the Laws of War: China, Islam, and the West: 3. Taming the sovereign: state formation and the ethics of war in ancient China; 4. War and peace in Islamic law: cultural evolution and the ethics of war in early Islam; 5. Moral emotions and natural law: the peace of god, catholic just war theory, and the European enlightenment; Part III. Moral Sentiments and the Development of International Humanitarian Law: 6. Humanizing hell: the Hague peace conferences and the second world war, 1899-1945; 7. A moral revolution in the history of humankind: the Geneva conventions and the politics of international humanitarian law, 1945-1977; 8. Conclusion: moral emotions, permissive effects, and the rationalization of IHL.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 235 mm
Gewicht 620 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-108-84500-2 / 1108845002
ISBN-13 978-1-108-84500-7 / 9781108845007
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich