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...
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 t...
Just war theory exists to stop armies and countries from using armed force without good cause. But how can we judge whether a war is just? In this original book, John W. Lango takes some distinctive approaches to the ethics of armed conflict.
. A revisionist approach that involves generalising traditional just war principles, so that they are applicable by all sorts of responsible agents to all forms of armed conflict
. A cosmopolitan approach that features the Security Council
. A preventive approach that emphasises alternatives to armed force, including negotiation, nonviolent...
Just war theory exists to stop armies and countries from using armed force without good cause. But how can we judge whether a war is just? In this ori...
