Martine Duchatelet

An Ethical Assessment of the Use of Economic Sanctions as a Tool of Foreign Policy

This paper is the third in a series of articles that examines the shortcomings of economic sanctions. Drawing on Mills utilitarianism, Kants categorical imperative and Rawlss theory of justice, the conceptual frameworks of consequentialism, deontology and contractualism are used to demonstrate the unethical nature of this increasingly popular instrument of foreign policy.