Cosmopolitan Peace
This
book articulates a cosmopolitan theory of the principles which ought to
regulate belligerents' conduct in the aftermath of war. Throughout, it
relies on the fundamental principle that all human beings, wherever they
reside, have rights to the freedoms and resources which they need to
lead a flourishing life, and that national and political borders are
largely irrelevant to the conferral of those rights. With that principle
in hand, the book provides a normative defence of restitutive and
reparative justice, the punishment of war criminals, the resort to
transitional foreign administration as a means to govern war-torn
territories, and the deployment of peacekeeping and occupation forces.
It also outlines various reconciliatory and commemorative practices
which might facilitate the emergence of trust amongst enemies and
thereby improve prospects for peace. The book offers analytical arguments and normative conclusions, with many historical and/or contemporary examples.
