Ethics And Morality In International Relations

ETHICS AND MORALITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Summary of Global care ethics: beyond distribution, beyond justice CITATION Rob132 \l 1033 (Robinson, 2013)
The author argues that care ethics must be brought on board the discussions on how to end global injustices. She argues that the global injustices are institutionalized by an underlying framework that is supported by politics. The issues and injustices around the world can be directly or remotely traced to present-day and historical politics and thus, global injustices must be re-politicized and viewed from the lens of care ethics which perceives the subject as ‘embodied, vulnerable and relational.’
Theory and distributive justice
The author points out that the existent approach to global injustices is based on ‘ideal ethical theory that then can be ‘applied’ to global politics.’ Rather it should start with broadly analyzing and interpreting global politics to find the root cause and scope of injustices. She argues that the ideological approach which has often been adopted is blind to the core causes of global injustices and of does not directly confront them.
Care, Masculinities and Neoliberalism
There is still feminization of poverty and other structures that have institutionalized women around the globe. The author argues that the neoliberalism approach using idealized theories overlook the ‘ethical necessity.’ The global framework is hinged on ‘weak normative basis for policy-making and institution building’ which have stifled the efforts to confront the core causes of the institutionalized injustices. Noting that things like feminization of poverty has been increasing despite the global movements to ‘liberate’ women from traditional institutionalized patriarchal norms.
A care-ethics approach to global injustices
The author suggests a relational, intersecting and multi-scalar approaches in care-ethics approach to global injustices. The author argues that the relational approach will tap into the innate human nature that dictates the ‘way we think and act’ in such a way that it brings out a natural need to have a sense of responsibility for others. in advocating for intersecting approach, the author argues that the approach to global injustices must move beyond ‘distribution’ or ‘institutions’ because these are the very structures that have enabled it to prevail. The author argues that the multi-scaler approach accounts to the nature of ‘global injustices as situated at multiple scales.’
Concisely, the author argues that the distributive theories of global justice are ineffective the fight on global injustices and that most of the existent measures are oblivious of their intentional and unintentional institutionalizing of injustices such as promoting masculinity. Hence, she advocates for ‘relationality, vulnerability and shifting inequalities as natural features of human life’ and calls for integration of moral compass to direct approaches to global injustices.
The major strength of the article is that the author has heavily incorporates secondary research to substantiate her o...