Practical judgement in international political theory: selected essays/ Chris Brown.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The modern requirement : reflections on normative theory in a post-Western world -- Ethics of co-existence -- International theory and international society : the viability of the middle way -- Universal human rights: a critique -- Towards a neo-aristotelian resolution of the communitarian cosmopolitan debate -- Cultural diversity and international political theory -- The construction of a "realistic utopia" : John Rawls and international political theory -- Not my department? : normative theory and international relations -- Hegel and international ethics -- "Turtles all the way down" : antifoundationalism, critical theory and international relations -- Liberalism and the globalisation of ethics -- Tragedy, tragic choices and international political theory -- Cosmopolitanism, world citizenship and global civil society -- On morality, self-interest and foreign policy -- Selective humanitarianism : in defence of inconsistency -- Practical judgement and the ethics of pre-emption -- Bob Dylan, Live Aid, and the politics of popular cosmopolitanism.