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Anderson, Paul (2003) Governance by universal justice or serial warfare? The International Journal of Human Rights, 7 (4). pp. 143-154. doi:10.1080/13642980310001726256 ISSN 1364-2987.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642980310001726256
Abstract
This article re‐evaluates the UK government's ‘moral’ case for war with Iraq with a view to identifying a more pressing issue, which the moral case obscures, in order to clarify, first, why this issue – namely, the denial of equity and international justice primarily for reasons of wealth accumulation – generates resentment and terrorism, and second, how the pursuit of wealth in this manner is, as the United States is witnessing, producing enemies that it cannot defeat. In this light, it follows that respect for international justice and the expansion of minimum rights and liberties everywhere and for everyone that wealth generation involves becomes an argument for mutual security. Among the possible means to this end, particular attention is paid to the development of rights‐compatible energy sources (which power the production of wealth), the replacement of those international financial institutions which promote prosperity by just means, and the equalization of the legal standing of governments.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The International Journal of Human Rights | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1364-2987 | ||||
Official Date: | 2003 | ||||
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Volume: | 7 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 143-154 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13642980310001726256 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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