Duties Beyond Borders: On the Limits and Possibilities of Ethical International Politics

by Stanley Hoffmann

Book Overview

Can moral behavior exist in a world of states? Under what conditions? Where if at all, do norms for moral behavior, considerations of right and wrong, fit in the relations between states?

Drawing upon many historical examples, Stanley Hoffmann examines the complex questions of whether or not ethical action is possible in international politics and, if it is, what are the obstacles and constraints? Duties Beyond Borders tries to answer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815601689
• ISBN13: 9780815601685
• Release Date: April 1981
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Applying "morality" to inter-state relations

This book describes why morality cannot be readily applied inter-state. The book is for readers seeking in-depth understanding of the practical political limitations of translating moral principles into foreign policy development(usually dominated by national interests). It nevertheless credibly establishes a method.It requires previous or parallel efforts in understanding the core tenets of modern political science, i.e. not for lightweights. Pertinent to today's US-world relationships.