Benevolence in International Relations
A Political Essay
This English-language edition of a sole-authored book from Frédéric Ramel offers a defence of benevolence in world politics and argues that a diplomacy based on this principle is possible and even desirable.
In this first English-language edition of a sole-authored book from Frédéric Ramel, benevolence is defined as a moral principle which promotes temperance and attention to vulnerability. Ramel unpacks this concept, analyses its received meanings in different contexts and spells out its practical and ethical implications in detail.
In preparing this work for an English-speaking readership, the author undertook extensive revisions and included two additional chapters. It also includes a foreword from Chris Brown, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The French edition was published as La Bienveillance Dans Les Relations Internationales.
Frédéric Ramel is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Paris, France.
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