More serious in terms of its consequences is the way in which human rights have been used to promote wars. The idea, now accepted by the United Nations, of “humanitarian intervention” to save people from extreme human-rights abuses, sounds moral and high-minded.
以人权为由发动战争产生的后果更加严重。人权理念现在已经被联合国接纳为通过“人道主义干预”保护民众人权免遭践踏的貌似道德而高尚的借口。的确有可能在某些情况下，只有依靠武装干预才能阻止大规模屠杀。