Confronting Evil in International Relations

1. Front Matter

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2. The Problem of Evil in International Relations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction Evil, Responsibility, and Response

      • Renée Jeffery

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   3. Evil and the Problem of Responsibility

      • Renée Jeffery

      Pages 11-33

3. Agency and Responsibility for Evil in International Relations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Individual Agency and Responsibility for Atrocity

      • Kirsten Ainley

      Pages 37-60

   3. Collective Evildoing

      • Arne Johan Vetlesen

      Pages 61-85

4. Ethical Responses to Evil in International Relations

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Evil, Agency, and Punishment

      • Anthony F. Lang Jr.

      Pages 89-114

   3. Reconciliation

      • Daniel Philpott

      Pages 115-149

   4. Avenging Evil

      • Ian Hall

      Pages 151-178

   5. To Forgive the Unforgivable?

      • Renée Jeffery

      Pages 179-212

5. Back Matter

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This book offers original essays on the subject of evil in international relations. It considers questions of moral agency associated with the perpetration of evil acts by individuals and groups in the international sphere, and the range of ethical responses the international community has available to it in the aftermath of large-scale evils.

• international relations
• morality
• politics

• University of Adelaide, Australia

  Renée Jeffery

RENEE JEFFERY is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

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