ABSTRACT
For all of the contributors to this book, ethics remains an important consideration in the making of foreign policy. However, there is little agreement on what precisely constitutes ethical behaviour in this sphere. The meaning of ethics is essentially contested, as are the various means through which an ethical approach to foreign policy should be pursued. In many ways, the views of our contributors reflect both a longstanding dichotomy between ideals and interests in foreign policy, and a sense that such compartmentalisation is increasingly difficult to sustain in a world where morality and power are moving closer together.
