1. Which of the following statements about international ethics (or normative IR theory) is
correct?
a. Jus ad bellum is closer to cosmopolitanism than jus in bello.
b. Both Peter Singer’s and Thomas Pogge’s ethical theories of poverty stress negative duties.
*c. Communitarianism and realism are both forms of ethical particularism.
d. In his ‘Law of Peoples’, John Rawls defends a liberal principle of global distributive justice.
2. Which of the following statements about Michael Walzer’s article on the moral standing of
states is correct?
a. Walzer argues that counter-interventions can never be morally justified.
*b. Walzer argues that communities have a higher moral standing than states.
c. Walzer discusses jus in bello.
d. Walzer criticizes ‘individual rights’.
3. Which of the following statements about international ethics or Michael Walzer’s theory is
correct?
a. Walzer argues that aggressive war can sometimes be morally justified.
b. Just war ‘revisionists’ and ‘traditionalists’ agree that an evaluation of the conduct of soldiers
during war should occur independently of the overall (in)justice of the war involved.
c. Walzer argues that his critics overemphasize the moral value of international toleration.
*d. The just war principle of proportionality can be defended on consequentialist grounds.
4. Which of the following statements about IR and globalization is correct?
a. Constructivists regard globalization as the latest stage of capitalism.
*b. Both Green theorists and Marxists offer moral criticisms of globalization.
c. Sceptics of globalization dispute the extent of ‘globalization’ but not its consequences.
d. Globalists argue that the norm of state sovereignty will eventually disappear due to
globalization.
5. Which of the following statements about Ole Wæver’s diagnosis of the current state of the IR
discipline is correct?
a. IR is about to face its fifth great debate.
b. IR is about to become ‘beyond IR’.
c. The claim that IR is ‘an American social science’ is overdrawn.
*d. The structure of IR is social as well as intellectual.
6. Which of the following statements about Christian Reus-Smit’s stance on the relevance of
current IR is correct?
a. Abstract forms of IR metatheory are generally irrelevant to sound practical knowledge.
*b. Making IR practically relevant is seriously hampered by the persistent bifurcation of
analytical and normative inquiry.
c. IR’s lack of relevance results from its refusal to address questions that practitioners want
answered.
d. To increase the practical relevance of their discipline, IR scholars should appear in today’s
media more frequently.
correct?
a. Jus ad bellum is closer to cosmopolitanism than jus in bello.
b. Both Peter Singer’s and Thomas Pogge’s ethical theories of poverty stress negative duties.
*c. Communitarianism and realism are both forms of ethical particularism.
d. In his ‘Law of Peoples’, John Rawls defends a liberal principle of global distributive justice.
2. Which of the following statements about Michael Walzer’s article on the moral standing of
states is correct?
a. Walzer argues that counter-interventions can never be morally justified.
*b. Walzer argues that communities have a higher moral standing than states.
c. Walzer discusses jus in bello.
d. Walzer criticizes ‘individual rights’.
3. Which of the following statements about international ethics or Michael Walzer’s theory is
correct?
a. Walzer argues that aggressive war can sometimes be morally justified.
b. Just war ‘revisionists’ and ‘traditionalists’ agree that an evaluation of the conduct of soldiers
during war should occur independently of the overall (in)justice of the war involved.
c. Walzer argues that his critics overemphasize the moral value of international toleration.
*d. The just war principle of proportionality can be defended on consequentialist grounds.
4. Which of the following statements about IR and globalization is correct?
a. Constructivists regard globalization as the latest stage of capitalism.
*b. Both Green theorists and Marxists offer moral criticisms of globalization.
c. Sceptics of globalization dispute the extent of ‘globalization’ but not its consequences.
d. Globalists argue that the norm of state sovereignty will eventually disappear due to
globalization.
5. Which of the following statements about Ole Wæver’s diagnosis of the current state of the IR
discipline is correct?
a. IR is about to face its fifth great debate.
b. IR is about to become ‘beyond IR’.
c. The claim that IR is ‘an American social science’ is overdrawn.
*d. The structure of IR is social as well as intellectual.
6. Which of the following statements about Christian Reus-Smit’s stance on the relevance of
current IR is correct?
a. Abstract forms of IR metatheory are generally irrelevant to sound practical knowledge.
*b. Making IR practically relevant is seriously hampered by the persistent bifurcation of
analytical and normative inquiry.
c. IR’s lack of relevance results from its refusal to address questions that practitioners want
answered.
d. To increase the practical relevance of their discipline, IR scholars should appear in today’s
media more frequently.
