An examination of the moral theory of war.

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: 1. The positivist bias: a philosophical assumption which accounts for the dearth of normative theory in the discipline of international relations; 2. Sceptical and realist arguments against normative theory in international relations: a critical appraisal; Part II: 3. Normative issues in international relations: the domain of discourse and the method of argument; 4. Towards the construction of a normative theory of international relations; 5. Reconciling rights and sovereignty: the constitutive theory of individuality; 6. The justification of unconventional violence in international relations: a hard case for normative theory; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.