Fall/Winter Timetable

POL2226H1F L0101

Undergraduate Course Code: POL469H1F L0101

Ethics and International Relations

Themes

The seminar explores the possibilities for and requirements of ethical action in international affairs. It is common to study international relations in terms of interests and power, but in actual practice, important actors invoke normative language all the time in their international interactions. This has not gone unnoticed, with investigations of ethics in the international arena multiplying in recent years. Drawing on readings from normative international relations theory and political philosophy, the course takes up ethical dilemmas encountered in world affairs in the context of debates about human rights, intervention, development, and international institutions. Students are expected to write a major research paper on an approved topic related to the course.

Texts

TBA

Format and Requirements

One two-hour seminar per week. Course requirements TBA.