Reinhold Niebuhr and the Use of Force

John Carlson

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571833.003.0014

Reinhold Niebuhr and the Use of Force

John Carlson

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Abstract

This chapter considers the issues in relation to humanitarian interventions, arguing that moral compassion without a sense of the political realities can be disastrous. It also looks at Niebuhr's ethical realism in relation to the Just War tradition.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Reinhold Niebuhr and Contemporary Politics
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191722264
ISBN (Print)	9780199571833
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571833.003.0014
State	Published - May 1 2010

Keywords

Ethical realism
Humanitarian intervention
Just war
Moral compassion
Reinhold niebuhr

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General Arts and Humanities

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