List of Abbreviations = Vi
Acknowledgements = Vii
Introduction: `the Idea of Our Time' = 1
Human Rights-based `humanitarianism' = 21
The Attraction of Ethical Foreign Policy = 53
The Limits of Human Rights Theory = 89
International Law and The Challenge of Human Rights = 120
War: The Lesser of Two Evils? = 157
The Retreat from Political Equality = 192
Conclusion: Humanism Or Human Rights? = 220
Afterword = 237
References and Select Bibliography = 255
Index = 282
Acknowledgements = Vii
Introduction: `the Idea of Our Time' = 1
Human Rights-based `humanitarianism' = 21
The Attraction of Ethical Foreign Policy = 53
The Limits of Human Rights Theory = 89
International Law and The Challenge of Human Rights = 120
War: The Lesser of Two Evils? = 157
The Retreat from Political Equality = 192
Conclusion: Humanism Or Human Rights? = 220
Afterword = 237
References and Select Bibliography = 255
Index = 282