Abstract
A decade ago it was possible to observe that international political theory was undergoing a rebirth. After being neglected for most of this century, a variety of normative problems in international affairs were receiving renewed attention. These problems included questions about ethics in war, the moral character of the state, and the proper role of moral considerations in foreign policy. Some more distinctively modern problems were emerging as well, especially those associated with human rights and international distributive justice. It is noteworthy, if not surprising, that the renewed interest in these matters originated among outsiders to the profession of international studies moral and political theorists, primarily, as well as religious ethicists. Today philosophical discussion of normative questions in international affairs is well advanced.1 Moreover, the theoretical importance and practical significance of these issues are in-
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