Edyvane, D orcid.org/0000-0003-2169-4171 and Souter, J orcid.org/0000-0001-6338-3430 (2019) Good International Citizenship and Cosmopolitan Responsibilities to Protect: Balancing Responsibilities and Dirty Hands. In: Beardsworth, R, Brown, GW and Shapcott, R, (eds.) The State and Cosmopolitan Responsibilities. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK , pp. 41-60. ISBN 9780198800613
Abstract
This chapter examines a key question facing advocates of the cosmopolitan state: how can states best realize their cosmopolitan responsibilities to protect alongside their other responsibilities in cases where they conflict? It does so by focusing on a modest vision of cosmopolitan statehood—the notion of good international citizenship—and the idea that good international citizen states are faced with a continual need to ‘balance’ their potentially conflicting responsibilities. Drawing on the philosophy of value pluralism, the chapter interrogates this notion of ‘balance’ and makes two main claims. First, at times the plural responsibilities of good international citizenship can be successfully balanced through both contextual political decision and pragmatic action. Second, there are undoubtedly hard cases in which this balancing act is impossible, and good international citizens are faced with irresolvable dilemmas, in which ‘dirty hands’ are inevitable.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Oxford University Press. This is an author produced version of a chapter published in The State and Cosmopolitan Responsibilities. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | cosmopolitanism; good international citizenship; responsibility to protect; value pluralism; dirty hands |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number RCUK ES/L013355/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2019 14:42 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oso/9780198800613.001.0001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140180 |