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Reseña del libro de Edmundo Hernández-Vela S., Diccionario de política internacional, Ed. Porrúa, 3a. ed., 1988.

Reviews recent ethics theory & historical examinations of US foreign policy to argue for the international need to incorporate ethical thought in contemporary international politics. Recent & ongoing ethnic cleansing in the Balkans & Africa, tension in the Middle East, US-led war in Afghanistan & Iraq, & heightened tension between Western nations & fundamentalist Muslim nations combine to place the world on the edge of catastrophe in the 21st century. Classic 20th-century studies on US foreign relations, particularly those of Hans Morgenthau & George Kennan, are examined in regard to their emphases on moral & ethical frameworks. Distinctions are made between the ethics of conviction & the ethics of responsibility in international politics, using new understandings of Weberian & Hobbesian notions of the state & state relations. Adapted from the source document.

Addresses the relationship between ethics, politics, and international relations in the 20th century; calls for the need to end abuse of power by means of non-violent strategies. Summary in English.