he Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention, with comments on SyriaDr. Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University)
Birmingham
United Kingdom
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Speaker: Prof. Jeff McMahan (Rutgers)
Title: ‘The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention, with comments on Syria’
Date and time: 30th May, 5pm - 6.30pm, followed by drinks reception
Venue: Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
Synopsis: Many on the political left view virtually all exercises of military force with suspicion - even those for which there might be a humanitarian justification. Others deplore the unwillingness of powerful states to intervene in such conflicts as those in Rwanda, Sudan, and Syria, when intervention could arguably save tens or hundreds of thousands of lives. Many on the political right think that no instance of humanitarian intervention can be a justifiable use of a state's resources unless it can be shown to be in that state's interest. In his lecture, McMahan will address these different views and consider when humanitarian intervention might be permissible and when it might even be morally required.
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