Security Without Weapons : Routledge : 9781138944862 : 1138944866 : 13 Sep 2016 : Few questions of global politics are more pressing than how to respond to widespread violence against civilians. Despite the efforts of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) proponents to draw attention away from exclusively military responses, debates on humanitarian intervention and R2P's ?Third Pillar? still tend to boil down to two unsatisfying options: stand by and ?do nothing? or take military action to protect civilians ? essentially using violence to stop violence. Accordingly ? and given disagreement and uncertainty regarding moral claims, as well as the unpredictability of military effectiveness ? this book asks: how can we counter violence ethically and effectively, taking action consistent with our particular moral commitments while also nurturing difference and enacting responsibility towards multiple others? After evaluating the pragmatic and ethical failings of military action, the book proposes