ABSTRACT
Several political and social events of the last half of the twentieth century have brought into relief a number of important moral issues in international affairs. Real-world events, like the Vietnam War, the Six Days War, the Chernobyl disaster, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the process of globalization, all increasingly confront us with the following kind of questions: should we care about the poverty of people living in other countries? Is it justifiable for a state to use the force of arms in the name of human rights? Should nation-states be protected against intervention from other states or entities? What should we do against the destruction of the global environment? How to treat people arriving at our borders as refugees or economic migrants? Should minorities enjoy any special rights or protection?1
