ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book has demonstrated that elements from different theoretical approaches can be combined to develop normative arguments in a couple of different ways. It outlines several normative arguments about international and civil war, nuclear weapons, torture, terrorism, and genocide. The book illustrates numerous instances where a particular act could be considered immoral or moral on both consequentialist and deontological grounds, or could be opposed or supported for both cosmopolitan and communitarian or even liberal and realist reasons. Both cosmopolitanism and communitarianism, while definitely emphasizing different goods and ways to realize them, both share a fundamental commitment to the liberty and well-being of people. By drawing from the fields of moral theory, political theory, international relations (IR) theory, and the just war tradition, it illuminates a set of intellectual resources to enable normative arguments and judgments about various aspects of global political violence.
