New Interventionist Just War Theory: A Critique

ISBN-13: 9780367615284 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 246 str.

Jordy Rocheleau

Opis

This book offers a systematic critique of recent interventionist just war theories, which have made the recourse to force easier to justify.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: Ethical constraints on recourse to war: jus ad bellum vs realism and neo-traditionalism 1. Just war theory and the ethical restraint of war  2. Presumptions, principles, and prerogatives in war: against hawkish neo-traditionalism  3. Why punishment is not a just cause for war  Part II: Defense of a just cause threshold  4. Against the new cosmopolitan interventionism: why human rights protection is not sufficient cause for war  5. What is it good for? Consequences and the limits of war  6. Why two wrongs cannot make a right use of force: A critique of compound just causes  Part III: Just war procedures and application 7. Jus ad (continuandum) bellum: reevaluating the justice of interventions over time  8. The nature and necessity of legitimate authorization  9. Conclusion: applying non-interventionist jus ad bellum

O autorze

Jordy Rocheleau is Professor of Philosophy at Austin Peay State University, USA. He is co-author of Rights and Wrongs in the College Classroom (2007).