Rethinking the Just War Tradition

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Contributors seek to promote reasoned debate about emerging security threats and potential military responses.The just war tradition is an evolving body of tenets for determining when resorting to war is just and how war may be justly executed. Rethinking the Just War Tradition provides a timely exploration in light of new security threats that have emerged since the end of the Cold War, including ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, threats of terror attacks, and genocidal conflicts within states. The contributors are philosophers, political scientists, a U.S. Army officer, and a senior analyst at the Center for Defense Information. They scrutinize some familiar themes in just war theory from fresh and original angles, and also explore altogether new territory. The diverse topics considered include war and the environment, justice in the ending of war, U.S. military hegemony, a general theory of just armed-conflict principles, supreme emergencies, the distinction between combatants and noncombatants, child soldiers, the moral equality of all soldiers, targeted assassination, preventive war, right authority, and armed humanitarian intervention. Clearly written and free of jargon, this book illustrates how the just war tradition can be rethought and applied today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-03-08
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series, Ethics and the Military Profession
Antal sidor:278
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791471562

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Mer om författaren

Michael W. Brough is a major in the United States Army. John W. Lango is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College, the City University of New York and the author of Whitehead's Ontology, also published by SUNY Press. Harry van der Linden is Professor of Philosophy at Butler University and the author of Kantian Ethics and Socialism.

Recensioner i media

"Readers seeking the correlation between military ethics and their professional lives will find this new addition to the State University of New York series on 'Ethics and the Military Profession' most enlightening and instructive." — Parameters"This book challenges the existing just war framework and offers some very interesting alternative ways of framing issues." — Martin L. Cook, author of The Moral Warrior: Ethics and Service in the U.S. Military"The contributors provide a broad overview of the issues confronting soldiers and policymakers in the twenty-first century and the difficulties presented by war and terrorism." — Jeffrey D. McCausland, author of "Squaring the Circle": Cooperative Security and Military Operations

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMichael W. Brough, John W. Lango, and Harry van der LindenPart I. THEORY 1. The Nature of War and Peace: Just War Thinking, Environmental Ethics, and Environmental JusticeMark Woods 2. Jus Post Bellum and International Conflict: Order, Justice, and ReconciliationEric Patterson 3. Just War Theory and U.S. Military HegemonyHarry van der Linden 4. Generalizing and Temporalizing Just War Principles: Illustrated by the Principle of Just CauseJohn W. LangoPart II. NONCOMBATANTS AND COMBATANTS 5. Just War Theory and Killing the InnocentFrederik Kaufman 6. When Less Is Not More: Expanding the Combatant/Noncombatant DistinctionPauline Kaurin 7. Just War Theory and Child SoldiersReuben Brigety II and Rachel Stohl 8. Dehumanization of the Enemy and the Moral Equality of SoldiersMichael W. Brough Part III. INTERVENTION AND LAW 9. Rethinking the Ban on Assassination: Just War Principles in the Age of TerrorWhitley R. P. Kaufman 10. Preventive War and Lawful Constraints on the Use of Force: An Argument against International VigilantismJordy Rocheleau11. Faith, Force, or Fellowship: The Future of Right AuthorityHartley S. Spatt 12. Violent Civil Disobedience: Defending Human Rights, Rethinking Just WarRobert W. Hoag AppendixJust War Principles: An Introduction with Further ReadingContributorsIndex