Are indiscriminate sanctions ever morally justified? ...Kuwait

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Collective punishment is widely regarded as violating the ethics of war and the Geneva Convention. And yet, governments frequently use indiscriminate economic sanctions to bring about changes in their opponent's behaviour. Taking this discrepancy as a point of departure, it's worth reflecting on the ethics of American sanctions on Iran and alternatives available under the Magnitsky Act. Iran and the US have been in a contentious wrangle since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979. During the 1979-1981 hostage crisis, the US government suspended all diplomatic ties with Iran and since 1995 imposed an embargo on all trade with the country, ostensibly to curtail Ira

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