Normative Theory in International Relations

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Normative Theory in International Relations is written by Molly Cochran and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521639654 (ISBN 10) and 9780521639651 (ISBN 13).

Molly Cochran offers an account of the development of normative theory in international relations over the past two decades. In particular, she analyzes the tensions between cosmopolitan and communitarian approaches to international ethics, paying attention to differences in their treatments of a concept of the person, the moral standing of states and the scope of moral arguments. The book draws connections between this debate and the tension between foundationalist and antifoundationalist thinking and offers an argument for a pragmatic approach to international ethics.