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Academic Year 2001/2002
Ethics and International Relations
GOVT 312 FA
This course is intended to serve as a critical examination of the subject of ethics and international relations. In the first part of the course, we will focus on a number of general ethical traditions that speak to the
major issues of international
affairs. In the second part, we will examine several important subjects in detail, including the justice of going to war, justice in conducting wars (and ending them), and distributive justice.
MAJOR READINGS
Terry Nardin and David R. Mapel, eds. TRADITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ETHICS.
Michael Walzer. JUST AND UNJUST WARS.
Robert Paul Wolff. IN DEFENSE OF ANARCHISM
Stanley Hoffman. DUTIES BEYOND BORDERS: ON THE LIMITS
AND POSSIBILITIES OF ETHICAL
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
Terry Nardin, ed. THE ETHICS OF WAR AND PEACE: RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR PERSPECTIVES.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Paper, Midterm, Final. Class participation will be stressed.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GOVT
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Ruger,William
- Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC422
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 23)
- SR. major: 13 Jr. major: 10
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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