Collected Papers

This volume collects thirteen papers by one of the leading philosophers of his generation, who died prematurely in 1980. The majority deal with the philosophy of language, informed by a lively sense of the interconnections with issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind.

Politics & Social Sciences

Evans, Gareth

Philosophy

Clarendon Press

Gareth Evans, one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation, died in 1980 at the age of thirty-four. He had been working for many years on a book about reference, but did not complete it before his death. The work was edited for publication by John McDowell, who contributes a Preface.

The Varieties of Reference

Reference

Oxford University Press

Gareth Evans, one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation, died in 1980 at the age of thirty-four. He had been working for many years on a book about reference, but did not complete it before his death. The work was edited for publication by John McDowell, who contributes a Preface.

The Varieties of Reference (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Business & Money

Economics

The majority of the papers presented here deal at the highest level with questions in the philosophy of language; others discuss problems of perception and metaphysics.

Salamons Artificial Insemination of Sheep and Goats

Science & Math

Technology

Butterworth-Heinemann

Australia's Foreign Relations: In the World of the 1990s

History

Grant, Bruce

Australia & Oceania

Melbourne University Press

The Hawke–Keating government is widely regarded as "as good as it gets in Australian politics," but how did this highly able, ambitious, strong-willed group work through its crises and rivalries to achieve what it did? Gareth Evans's diary, written in the mid-1980s and published now for the first time, is the consummate insider's account. It not only adds much new material to the historical record, but is perceptive, sharp, and unvarnished in its judgments. This lucidly written account is often highly entertaining.

Inside the Hawke-Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades described by Bob Hawke as having 'the most acute mind' of any of his ministers Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions, both as Foreign Minister and in later international roles, to conflict resolution, genocide prevention and curbing weapons of mass destruction.In this sometimes moving, often entertaining, and always lucid memoir Evans looks back over the highs and lows of his public life as a student activist, civil libertarian, law reformer, industry minister, international policymaker, educator and politician. He explains why it is that, despite multiple disappointments, he continues to believe that a safer, saner and more decent world is achievable, and why, for all its frustrations, politics remains an indispensable profession not only for megalomaniacs but idealists.

Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir

Inside the Hawke–Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary

"Never again!" the world has vowed time and again since the Holocaust. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocity crimes continue to shock our consciences—from the killing fields of Cambodia to the machetes of Rwanda to the agony of Darfur.
 Gareth Evans has grappled with these issues firsthand. As Australian foreign minister, he was a key broker of the United Nations peace plan for Cambodia. As president of the International Crisis Group, he now works on the prevention and resolution of scores of conflicts and crises worldwide. The primary architect of and leading authority on the Responsibility to Protect ("R2P"), he shows here how this new international norm can once and for all prevent a return to the killing fields.
 The Responsibility to Protect captures a simple and powerful idea. The primary responsibility for protecting its own people from mass atrocity crimes lies with the state itself. State sovereignty implies responsibility, not a license to kill. But when a state is unwilling or unable to halt or avert such crimes, the wider international community then has a collective responsibility to take whatever action is necessary. R2P emphasizes preventive action above all. That includes assistance for states struggling to contain potential crises and for effective rebuilding after a crisis or conflict to tackle its underlying causes. R2P's primary tools are persuasion and support, not military or other coercion. But sometimes it is right to fight: faced with another Rwanda, the world cannot just stand by.
 R2P was unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 2005 World Summit. But many misunderstandings persist about its scope and limits. And much remains to be done to solidify political support and to build institutional capacity. Evans shows, compellingly, how big a break R2P represents from the past, and how, with its acceptance in principle and effective application in practice, the promise of "Never again!" can at last become a reality.

The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All

Specialties

Brookings Institution Press

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