Humanitarian Intervention, Altruism, and the Limits of Casuistry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard B Miller (0000-0001-8962-6269, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-35 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0384-9694.00034 |
| OpenAlex | W2027519356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
This essay argues that the ethics of humanitarian intervention cannot be readily subsumed by the ethics of just war without due attention to matters of political and moral motivation. In the modern era, a just war draws directly from self‐benefitting motives in wars of self‐defense, or indirectly in wars that enforce international law or promote the global common good. Humanitarian interventions, in contrast, are intuitively admirable insofar as they are other‐regarding. That difference poses a challenge to the casuistry of humanitarian intervention because it makes it difficult to reason by analogy from the case of war to the case of humanitarian intervention. The author develops this point in dialogue with Michael Walzer, the U.S. Catholic bishops, and President Clinton. He concludes by showing how a casuistry of intervention is possible, developing a motivational rationale that draws on the Golden Rule
Altruism (biology · Analogy · Casuistry · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanitarian aid · Humanitarian intervention · International relations · Intervention (counseling · Just war theory · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Ethics in medical practice · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
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Religion and Justice in the War Over Bosnia
Ethics and Intervention
Intervention and Collective Self-Determination
Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, and World Politics
Who Should Decide? Paternalism in Health Care
Just and Unjust Wars
The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
Political theory and international relations
Humanitarian war
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2019 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |