This collection of essays cuts to the quick of the most pressing moral issues facing decision-makers today, from the actions of ordinary soldiers in a combat zone to presidents deciding when and where to use force, human rights violations and enforcement, and legal, economic, and military obligations in a globalized world.

• Provides clear, non-partisan, and non-ideological scholarly coverage of historical as well as contemporary moral issues in international affairs

• Ranges subject matter from diplomacy, military decision-making, and international law to humanitarian intervention and the definition and protection of the basic human rights

• Presents the collective expertise and multinational perspectives of an international group of scholars

• Expands on work already well received by scholars, educators, and international practitioners in two earlier editions