Morality, care, and international law

The Spectre of “Amoral Realism” in International Relations: A Classical Indian Overview

“…As this moral theory of international law follows the "golden rule of humanity, " it demands a fresh global politics centered upon not only rights, but also duties (Kung, 1998), and one of the duties is the avoidance of "double standards": that is, "one [set of moral-values] for other people, and a different and more permissive one for oneself " (Harries 2005). Here, the idea is to condemn the use of violence for 'securing one group of citizens by placing others in danger" (Burke 2004) and prioritize the ethics of care for "self " and "other/s" in a globalized world with greater international interdependence (Held 2011). So, how can Kautilya's Arthaśāstra encourage the moral agenda of contemporary global politics?…”

Caring Actions

“…As Tronto points out, care's social nature introduces a set of external power dynamics to caring relations (Tronto 2010; 2013). One thought underpinning her work, and the work of care ethicists like Held and Fiona Robinson, is that caring relations are subject to authorities beyond the caregiver–recipient relation (Robinson 1999; Held 2006; 2011; Robinson 2011). Caring relations are caught up in the power dynamics of the wider family, community, profession, state, and even the international community.…”

Taking Responsibility for Global Poverty

“…Theoretical work has by now suggested how we should conceptualize caring societies (Harrington , Noddings ), and how international relations and global concerns should be informed by considerations of care (Robinson ; ; Held ; ; Mahon and Robinson ). The ethics of care is becoming, more clearly than in its earliest formulations, a comprehensive approach to morality applicable to political and global issues as well as to those activities and segments of society more obviously devoted to care.…”