La “Prueba del esfuerzo personal” en la teoría de la intervención militar de Michael Walzer

Co-herencia: Revista de Humanidades

Miguel Paradela¹ 

[1] Tecnológico de Antioquia Institución Universitaria;

关键词: self-help test;    secession;    military intervention;    michael walzer;    just war theory;   

DOI  :  10.17230/co-herencia.16.30.13

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ThispaperanalyzestheimportanceofMichael Walzer’s self-help test and discusses its importance asalinkbetweenacommunity’sinternalcon-flictandforeignmilitaryintervention.Afterabriefintro-ductionto self-determination theory in Walzer’s philosophical thoughtdescribingselfdeterminationandnonintervention principles within the presumption of state legitimacy, the paper examines the concept of selfhelp. Also, it addresses the particular features of this mechanism, examining the two le-vels of this test as well as the consequences of passing both. Then,thestudydiscussestheimportanceofmilitaryintervention either counterintervention or intervention in contextsofsecession asaguarantorofselfdeterminationin theinternationalrealm.Finally,thepaperchallengesthe philosophical connection established by Walzer between militaryvictoryandnationalrepresentativenessthroughthe study of the Syrian Civil War. The article concludes that the selfhelp test is a controversial yet interesting proposal combining the respect for selfdetermination commitment with military intervention in the protection of international stability.

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