Humanitarian intervention and R2P, have been plagued in practice by a pervasive lack of political will to action. To overcome this situation and supply determinacy for international responses to global manifestations of mass atrocities, a two-stage approach is required.
Firstly increasing political will via the development of a new and encompassing moral edict, where humanitarian intervention and R2P are recognised as unavoidable obligations upon the international community. And secondly increasing political will via an achievable reform agenda that lowers political/material barriers, and diminishes the size and scope of future humanitarian challenges.
An approach that fundamentally represents the creation of restructured global paradigm, whereby the ‘ethics vs. politics’ decision-making equation is tilted to the point that future emergent humanitarian emergencies will predicably and consistently meet with timely and decisive intervention. Such an approach is achievable, predominantly through an adaption and expansion of the work of cosmopolitan philosopher Thomas Pogge.
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What is the central argument of 'A Poggean Approach to Mass Atrocities: Addressing Indeterminacy and Failures of Political Will for Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect'?
The central argument is that humanitarian intervention and R2P are hindered by a lack of political will. Overcoming this requires a two-stage approach: developing a stronger moral imperative, drawing from cosmopolitanism and Pogge's negative duties, and implementing a feasible reform agenda to lower political/material barriers.
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What are the key themes explored in the preview?
The key themes include humanitarian intervention, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), political will, moral cosmopolitanism, Thomas Pogge's theories on justice and negative duties, global justice, and feasible reform agendas for international relations.
What does Chapter 1 discuss?
Chapter 1 addresses the failure of political will in humanitarian intervention and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It covers humanitarian intervention, sovereignty, empirical failures in the 1990s, the development of R2P, the failure of R2P, and the concept of political will.
What are the core aspects of Moral Cosmopolitanism discussed in Chapter 2?
Chapter 2 discusses Moral Cosmopolitanism, Thomas Pogge, and the Development of Moral Force through Negative Duties. Key aspects of moral cosmopolitanism include Individualism (individual as core moral concern), Universality/all-inclusiveness (equal moral worth), Generality of concern (global scope), and challenges of state-based moral dissemination.
How does Thomas Pogge's philosophy relate to the issues of mass atrocities?
The preview outlines how Pogge's theories, especially his emphasis on negative duties (duties not to harm) and institutional cosmopolitanism, can be applied to understand and address mass atrocities as violations of these duties.
What feasible reform agendas are considered in Chapter 3?
Chapter 3 explores feasible reform agendas, including Intervention Agreements, Democratic Panels, Democratic Funds, the expansion of these panels, Global Resources Dividend, Ecological Tax, alternative development aid models, Health Impact Fund, Media Development, UN Reforms such as Jurying Process and the International Court, as well as a UN Standing Army and regional annexations of Humanitarian Intervention.
What is a 'Democratic Panel' as envisioned in the reform agenda?
A 'Democratic Panel' is a credible external authority comprising international lawyers. These act as a mediator to deliver discretionary judgements and ensure constitutionality is upheld by international and regional organizations.
What does the Glossary include?
The Glossary provides acronyms and initialisms. It includes common abbreviations used in international relations, such as ASF, AU, CAR, CNPC, DRC, ECOWAS, FDI, G77, GDP, ICC, ICISS, ICJ, IMF, NATO, NGO, OAU, P5, R2REACT, R2REBUILD, R2P, R2PREVENT, TRIPS, UN, UNGA, UNSC, and WTO.
What are the key concepts in Pogge's approach related to preventing harm?
Key concepts include differentiating between negative duties (duties not to harm) and positive duties (duties to assist); also understanding harms through interactional harm (profiting, state-behaviour) and through institutional incentives and cosmopolitanism.
What is the Health Impact Fund and how does it relate to development policy?
The Health Impact Fund is a proposed funding mechanism to incentivize pharmaceutical companies to develop medicines for diseases prevalent in developing countries. It promises more affordable medical costs which would boost long-term development.
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- Jed Lea-Henry (Author), 2014, A Poggean Approach to Mass Atrocities. Political Will for Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/385829