Kant, International Law, and the Problem of Humanitarian Intervention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12923299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antonio Franceschet (0000-0002-4449-5610, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-0882 • E-ISSN: 1755-1722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3366/e175508821000042x |
| OpenAlex | W2079501509 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
International law has one principal mechanism for settling the legality of humanitarian interventions, the United Nations Security Council's power to authorise coercion. However, this is hardly satisfactory in practice and has failed to provide a more secure juridical basis for determining significant conflicts among states over when humanitarian force is justified. This article argues that, in spite of Immanuel Kant's limited analysis of intervention, and his silence on humanitarian intervention, his political theory provides the elements of a compelling analysis on this topic. Five components of Kant's roadmap towards perpetual peace and an eventual world republic give conditional support for humanitarian intervention even in imperfect juridical conditions. This support is conditional on the achievement of juridical progress within and among states and has implications for the development of cosmopolitan citizenship. From Kant we learn that, ultimately, humanitarian intervention should become a matter of coercive law enforcement rather than an ethical question of ‘saving strangers’
Coercion (linguistics · Humanitarian intervention · International law · Intervention (counseling · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Principle of legality · Responsibility to Protect · Security Dilemma · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
Saving Strangers
Kant's Theory of Justice
Humanitarian Intervention and a Cosmopolitan UN Force
Legality Versus Legitimacy
The Responsibility to Protect
The Kantian Project in Modern International Legal Theory
The Moral Basis of Humanitarian Intervention
Ending Tyranny in Iraq
Humanitarian Intervention
Cosmopolitan Guidelines for Humanitarian Intervention
A Philosophy of International Law
On the just war tradition in the twenty-first century
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |