Screen LibraryThe Oxford handbook of ethics of war /
"Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest - among philosophers, legal scholars, and military experts - in the ethics of war. This resurgence of interest has multiple causes: escalating and persistent conflicts around the globe over the last 20 years, the growth of new forms of unconventi...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Oxford handbooks]
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| Summary: |
"Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest - among philosophers, legal scholars, and military experts - in the ethics of war. This resurgence of interest has multiple causes: escalating and persistent conflicts around the globe over the last 20 years, the growth of new forms of unconventional and asymmetrical warfare, and the appearance of new issues like targeted killings and drone strikes. Much of the most innovative theoretical and applied research over this time has radically called into question traditional modes of just war theory. This Oxford Handbook offers a guide to thinking through the ethics of war. It has two aims: to present chapters that introduce the reader to a broad range of the central topics in just war theory, and to make significant advances in each of those debates. The first section focuses on methodology, and the second section on historical just war theory in the Western tradition. The remaining sections align with the traditional categories of jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum - Resort, Conduct, and Aftermath."-- |
| Item Description: | Series statement from book jacket. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 577 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199943418 0199943419 |
| Index Number: | B105 |
| CLC: | E0-059 |
| Call Number: | E0-059/O984 |
| Contents: |
The ethics of war / Method in the morality of war / The just war framework / Historiography of just war theory / Deep morality and the laws of war / The ethics of war up to Thomas Aquinas / Late scholastic just war theory / Early modern sources of the regular war tradition / A richer jus ad bellum / Knowing when not to fight / National defence and political independence / Humanitarian intervention and the modern state system / Territorial rights and national defence / Last resort and proportionality / Pacifism / Legitimate authority in war / Civil war and revolution / The moral equality of combatants / Noncombatant immunity and war-profiteering / Human shields / Dimensions of intentions : ways of killing in war / Proportionality and necessity in jus in bello / Terrorism / Torture : rescue, prevention, and punishment / Drones and robots : on the changing practice of warfare / Ending wars / War's aftermath and the ethics of war / Justice after war / Reconciliations and reparations / |