| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series, ethics and the military profession |
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SUNY series, ethics and the military profession.
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| Contents |
The nature of war and peace: Just War thinking, environmental ethics, and environmental justice / Mark Woods -- Jus Post Bellum and international conflict: Order, Justice, and Reconciliation / Eric Patterson -- Just War theory and U.S. military hegemony / Harry van der Linden -- Generalizing and temporalizing just war principles: illustrated by the principle of just cause / John W. Lango -- Just war theory and killing the innocent / Frederik Kaufman -- When less is not more: Expanding the combatant/noncombatant distinction / Pauline Kaurin -- Just War Theory and child soldiers / Reuben Brigety II and Rachel Stohl -- Dehumanization of the enemy and the moral equity of soldiers / Michael W. Brough -- Rethinking the ban on assassination: just war principles in the age of terror / Whitley R.P. Kaufman -- Preventive war and lawful constraints on the use of force: an argument against international vigilantism / Jordy Rocheleau -- Faith, Force, or fellowship: the future of right authority / Hartley S. Spatt -- Violent civil disobedience: defending human rights, rethinking just war / Robert W. Hoag |
| Summary |
"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. This book illustrates how the just war tradition can be rethought and applied today."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Just war doctrine.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Just war doctrine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brough, Michael W., 1970-
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Lango, John W.
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Van der Linden, Harry, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9781429471619 |
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1429471611 |
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0791471551 |
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9780791471555 |
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079147156X |
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9780791471562 |
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9780791479698 |
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0791479692 |
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