Humanitarian intervention: An overview of the ethical issues

Ethics and International Affairs 12:63–79 (1998)
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This essay analyzes the arguments justifying or opposing the notion of humanitarian intervention from realist and liberal perspectives and considers the difficulties of undertaking such interventions effectively and consistently

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Ethics and intervention.Michael Joseph Smith - 1989 - Ethics and International Affairs 3:1–26.

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