Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response
On the one hand, it seems to be an agreement in Western countries in favor of values included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On the other hand, Western countries initiate or intervene in armed conflicts outside their territories, which implies actions contrary to such values. This art...
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| description | On the one hand, it seems to be an agreement in Western countries in favor of values included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On the other hand, Western countries initiate or intervene in armed conflicts outside their territories, which implies actions contrary to such values. This article examines this apparent contradiction: it describes briefly the international context of contemporary conflicts and it refers to the just-war tradition in order to analyze both the position of the Charter of the United Nations and the justifications given by Western countries. Moreover, the arguments used by the US and the Spanish Governments to justify their interventions in the Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2008) wars, and the responses of civil society are considered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05e3688fde9f4f8087d731161dd2d2b72022-12-21T23:51:45ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222017-01-017227267568910.14422/pen.v72.i272.y2016.0117320Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s ResponseNoelia Bueno Gómez0Universidad de InnsbruckOn the one hand, it seems to be an agreement in Western countries in favor of values included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On the other hand, Western countries initiate or intervene in armed conflicts outside their territories, which implies actions contrary to such values. This article examines this apparent contradiction: it describes briefly the international context of contemporary conflicts and it refers to the just-war tradition in order to analyze both the position of the Charter of the United Nations and the justifications given by Western countries. Moreover, the arguments used by the US and the Spanish Governments to justify their interventions in the Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2008) wars, and the responses of civil society are considered.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/7647guerra justarelaciones internacionalesguerra de Irakguerra de Afganistán |
| spellingShingle | Noelia Bueno Gómez Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica guerra justa relaciones internacionales guerra de Irak guerra de Afganistán |
| title | Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response |
| title_full | Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response |
| title_fullStr | Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response |
| title_full_unstemmed | Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response |
| title_short | Western Interventions in Current Wars: Political Justification and Civil Society´s Response |
| title_sort | western interventions in current wars political justification and civil society´s response |
| topic | guerra justa relaciones internacionales guerra de Irak guerra de Afganistán |
| url | https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/7647 |
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