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The Ethics of Armed Humanitarian Intervention

C. A. J. Coady

Coady explores the ethical dilemmas, paradoxes, and complexities of using military muscle to halt atrocities in another country. The author lays out contemporary arguments for and against intervention, and assesses both in light of the just war tradition and recent experience.

C. A. J. (Tony) Coady is head of the University of Melbourne division of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.

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