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Home > Resources > Ethics & International Affairs Journal > Volume 7 (1993) > Articles |
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The Ethics of Collective Security [Abstract]
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December 3, 1993
This article is based upon Rousseau's vision of interdependence being a
habitual source of conflict among nations. Today's version of collective
security, in contrast to Woodrow Wilson's advocation of exclusive use of
political and economic sanctions, often demands military action. Collective
security offers inherent contradictions: Does multilateral action, for example,
usually led by the United States, indicate international accord on countering
the 'aggressor'? The authors answer is "no" because smaller nations may be
joining the crusade for completely different reasons, for example, so as not to
offend the larger partner. Does multilateral action always succeed in creating a
Pax Universalis? No, on the contrary it may lead to war. Generally
offering arguments from the U.S. perspective and examples from the Gulf War,
Hendrickson sees neither collective action as necessarily a good thing nor
unilateral action as necessarily a bad thing. However, he does urge
reconsideration of the advantages of collective security as an all-powerful
preventor of conflict.
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