Jennifer C Rubenstein

Between Samaritans and States

The Political Ethics of Humanitarian Ingos

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the difficult ethical quandaries faced by humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGOs). The book argues that the key to recognizing these predicaments and identifying that both politically and ethically, INGOs occupy a middle ground between the individual good Samaritan, and full-fledged conventional governments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780199684106
• ISBN-10: 0199684103
• Artikelnr.: 47864929

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Rubenstein is an Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, specializing in political theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Eight Extant Alternative Approaches
3: A Map of Humanitarian INGO Political Ethics
4: The Problem of Spattered Hands
5: The Quandary of the Second-best
6: The Cost-Effectiveness Conundrum
7: The Moral Motivation Tradeoff
8: Conclusion: Political Political Ethics