The Limits of Common Humanity: Motivating the Responsibility to Protect in a Changing Global Order

by Samuel Jarvis

What motivates states to protect populations threatened by mass atrocities beyond their own borders? Most often, states and their representatives appeal to the principle of common humanity, acknowledging a conscience-shocking quality that demands a moral response. But though the idea of a common humanity is powerful, the question remains: to what extent is it effective in motivating action?The Limits of Common Humanity provides an ambitious interdisciplinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228010772
• ISBN13: 9780228010777
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 224 Pages