RT Article
T1 Humanitarian Intervention and Moral Responsibility
JF De Ethica
VO 2
IS 1
SP 19
OP 34
A1 Hjorth, Ronnie
LA English
PB Linköping Univ. Electronic Press
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1564262197
AB This essay investigates the moral aspects of humanitarian intervention. Humanitarian intervention involves the balancing of at least three sometimes contradictory principles - the autonomy of states, the prohibition of war and the reduction of harm and human suffering - and hence requires not merely a legal and political approach to the matter but renders a moral viewpoint necessary. It is argued that P.F. Strawson’s concept Moral Reactive Attitudes MRA) contributes to analysing the moral dilemmas and priorities involved. First, MRA underlines the moral aspects of international society that are essential for dealing with the moral conflict inherent in international society. Secondly, MRA helps to balance between competing claims of justification and legitimacy in cases of humanitarian intervention.
K1 Global Ethics
K1 Humanitarian Intervention
K1 International Ethics
K1 International Society
K1 Moral Reactive Attitudes
K1 P.F. Strawson
DO 10.3384/de-ethica.2001-8819.152119