Transcript American foreign policy (UMSL) international relations (HW)

Foundations of International Foreign Policy
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (UMSL)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (HW)
PHILOSOPHY OF WAR
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War/Diplomacy/Isolation
Three questions:
 Is it legal to intervene?
 Is it moral to intervene?
 Is it smart to intervene?
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PHILOSOPHY OF WAR
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Doctrine of Preemption
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Examples
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Is it “just” to go to war under the doctrine of
preemption? Is it smart? Is it legal? Is it moral?
PHILOSOPHY OF WAR
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Using the teleological, ethical, and modern
American views of war and develop a working
philosophy of war/intervention that also
properly answers the three questions of should
we intervene.
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Be prepared to share your working ideas as
they start to develop and continue to develop
throughout the semester.