Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (From the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies / Kroc Institute Series on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding)

In 1995, the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, hosted the first of the Theodore M. Hesburgh Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy. At this inaugural gathering renowned author and scholar Stanely Hoffmann delivered two lectures on the problems of humanitarian intervention in international relations. This timely volume presents Hoffmann’s lectures to a wider audience, together with responses made at the conference by Robert C. Johansen an James Sterba, and an introductory essay contributed by Raimo Varynen, director of the Kroc Institute. In his first and premiere lecture, Hoffman attacks from a theoretical perspective the political, legal, and moral problems of outside intervention in the affairs of a state. He analyzes the traditional principle, i.e., economic and environmental interdependence, human rights concerns, nuclear proliferation, and the growing international consciousness of the widespread dangers of domestic chaos. As a matter of practical ethics in the “real world,” Hoffman proposes norms and guidelines for controlled, impartial, collective intervention and the enforcement which must accompany it. In his second illustrative lecture, Hoffman delivers a stinging indictment of international community in the case of the tragic disintegration of Yugoslavia, which he uses as a case study to illustrate the failure of collective intervention. In the responding essays, Johansen presents guidelines for humanitarian intervention short of sending in troops, and Sterba argues that Hoffmann’s basic norms can be derived from Kant’s moral philosophy. Because Hoffmann’s principles--and indictments--can be readily applied to other tragic events and cases of international turmoil, The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention will be a valuable tool in the hands of students and scholars of international relations. The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention Contents Contributors 1— Introduction: How Much Force in Humanitarian Intervention? 1— Sovereignty and War 2— Coercive Instruments 3— Lessons of Yugoslavia 4— A Humanitarian Emphasis Notes 2— Sovereignty and the Ethics of Intervention Notes 3— Humanitarian Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia Final Thoughts Note 4— Limits and Opportunities in Humanitarian Intervention 1— The Need for Conceptual Clarity 2— Guidelines for Intervention Notes 5— Hoffmann's Kantian Justification for Humanitarian Intervention 1— Alternative Moral Approaches to Practical Problems 2— Assessing Alternative Moral Approaches 3— Application to Hoffmann's Account 4— A Possible Difficulty with Hoffmann's Account 5— Gaining a Rhetorical Advantage Notes 6— Comments on Comments Appendix— Peacekeeping Operations with Humanitarian Components since 1990 Angola United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM I) United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II) United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) Cambodia United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC) United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) El Salvador United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) Haiti United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) Iraq United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) Northern Iraq Mozambique United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) Nicaragua United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) Rwanda United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR) United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) Somalia United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) Yugoslavia and Successor States United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) In 1995, the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame hosted first of the Theodore M. Hesburg Lectures on Ethics and Public Polis This timely volume presents Hoffmann's lectures to a wider audience, together with responses made at the conference by Robert Johansen and James P. Sterba, and introductory essay contributed by Raimo Vayrynen, Regan director the Kroc Institute. In 1995 the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame hosted the first of the Theodore M. Hesburgh Lectures on Ethics and Public Policy. Stanley Hoffmann delivered two lectures on the problems of humanitarian intervention in international relations. This volume presents these lectures.