Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Osgoode Hall Law School, 2012) issued under title: A philosophical investigation of the responsibility to protect in international law.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A philosophical underpinning for a state's "responsibility to protect" -- The role of a sensus communis in a theory of judgement -- Human security and Hannah Arendt's "right to have rights" -- The scope of the "responsibility to prevent" atrocity crimes : a remit for intervention? -- The international legal character of the responsibility to protect -- Distant strangers and our responsibility to protect.