MoralLimitandPossibilityinWorldPolitics

Atwhatpointcanweconcedethattherealitiesofworldpoliticsrequirethatmoralprinciplesbecompromised,andhowdoweknowwhenarealethicallimithasbeenreached?Thisvolumegathersleadingconstructivistscholarstoexploretheissueofmorallimitandpossibilityinglobalpoliticaldilemmas.Thecontributorsexaminepressingethicalchallengessuchassanctions,humanitarianintervention,torture,theself-determinationofindigenouspeoples,immigration,andthedebateaboutinternationalcriminaltribunalsandamnestiesincasesofatrocity.Theiranalysesentailtheoreticalandempiricalclaimsabouttheconditionsofpossibilityandlimitsofmoralchangeinworldpolitics,thereforeprovidinginsightfulleverageontheethicalquestionof'whatoughtwetodo?'ThisisavaluablecontributiontothegrowingfieldofnormativetheoryinInternationalRelationsandwillappealtoscholarsandadvancedstudentsofinternationalethicsandpoliticaltheory.