International ethics

Short description: Ethics in IR

International relations theory

Realism

* Classical realism
* Liberal realism
* Neoclassical realism
* Neorealism
* Offensive realism
* Defensive realism
* Relative gains
* Absolute gains
* Strategic realism

Liberalism

* Idealism
* Democratic peace theory
* Republican liberalism
* Institutionalism
* Neoliberalism
* Interdependence liberalism
* Sociological liberalism
* Institutional liberalism

Constructivism

* Modern constructivism
* Post-modern constructivism
* Feminist constructivism

Marxism

* Neo-Gramscianism
* Critical security studies
* Critical theory
* World-systems theory

Other theories

* International political economy
* Feminism
* Green theory
* Hegemonic stability theory
* The Copenhagen School
* Functionalism (Neofunctionalism)
* Postmodernism
* Postcolonialism

Classifications

* Dependency theory
* Postpositivism
* Rationalism
* Reflectivism
* "Great Debates"
* Inter-paradigm debate

Other approaches

* International ethics
* Historical sociology
* Regime theory
* State cartel theory
* Geopolitics

Scholars

* Robert J. Art
* Ken Booth (academic)
* Ian Bremmer
* Zbigniew Brzezinski
* Hedley Bull
* E. H. Carr
* Daniel Deudney
* Michael W. Doyle
* Francis Fukuyama
* Robert Gilpin
* David Held
* Samuel P. Huntington
* Robert Jervis
* Peter J. Katzenstein
* George F. Kennan
* Robert Keohane
* Henry Kissinger
* Richard Ned Lebow
* John Mearsheimer
* Hans Morgenthau
* Joseph Nye
* Kenneth W. Thompson
* Immanuel Wallerstein
* Stephen Walt
* Kenneth Waltz
* Alexander Wendt

Categories

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International ethics is an area of international relations theory which in one way or another concerns the extent and scope of ethical obligations between states in an era of globalization. Schools of thought include cosmopolitanism and anti-cosmopolitanism.[1] Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism are ethical traditions that conceptually address moral issues in international relations.

## Realism

Realism's position is that ethics are secondary, or inapplicable to the affairs of international politics and believes in the primacy of self-interest over moral principle. The pursuit of self-interest by states is viewed as a right, or duty, making it a principle for Realists to uphold.[2] From their standpoint, the international environment is perpetually anarchic and competitive over resources. There is no overarching authority over states. Without a superior power to enforce order, ethics do not sustain in international affairs. Out of necessity, “international conditions compel states to defend their interests by frequently immoral means, and this compulsion of self-defense dissolves moral duties.”[3] It would be considered unethical by the principle of pursuing self-interest, for a state to compromise its goal for power and security.

## References

1. ↑ Baylis, Smith and Owens, The Globalisation of World Politics, OUP, 4th ed, Ch 11
2. ↑ Nardin and Mapel, Traditions of International Ethics (Cambridge Studies in International Relations), Ch 4
3. ↑ Nardin and Mapel, Traditions of International Ethics (Cambridge Studies in International Relations), Ch 4

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