A peaceful, silent, deadly remedy: The ethics of economic sanctions

Ethics and International Affairs 13:123–142 (1999)
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Economic sanctions are emerging as one of the major tools of international governance in the post-Cold War era. Gordon considers the issue of sanctions within three ethical frameworks: just war doctrine, deontological ethics, and utilitarianism

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10.1111/j.1747-7093.1999.tb00330.x

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Just and Unjust Wars.M. Walzer - 1979 - Philosophy 54 (209):415-420.
Waging war: a philosophical introduction.Ian Clark - 1988 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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