Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature in and nature of international relations -- Lesser angels : moral condemnation and binding morality in international relations -- Mankind is what anarchy makes of it : the material origins of ethics -- See no evil, speak no evil? : cross-national micro- and macrofoundational evidence of morality's ubiquity -- To provide and to protect : a dual-process model of foreign policy ideology for a dangerous or competitive world -- Just desserts in the desert : fairness, status and Wilhelmine foreign policy during the Moroccan crises -- Barking dogs and beating drums : nationalism as moral revolution in German foreign policy -- Biting the bullet : binding morality, rationality and the domestic politics of war termination in Germany during World War I -- Dying in vain : authoritarian morality causes the German Empire to collapse -- Daily bread : Hitler, moral devolution and Nazi foreign policy -- From demonizing to dehumanizing : war under Hitler and the implications for mankind.

"Countering the opposing narratives of political amorality and moral progressivism, Rathbun provides a new approach to the place of morality in international politics. This book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations and security studies, especially those interested in normative, psychological and evolutionary approaches"--