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Just war theory : a reappraisal / edited by Mark Evans.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781137109125
  • 1137109122
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Just war theory.DDC classification:
  • 172/.42 23
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Contents:
Moral theory and the idea of a just war / Mark Evans -- Preemptive and preventive wars / Neta C. Crawford -- Punitive intervention : enforcing justice or creating conflict? / Anthony F. Lang Jr. -- In humanity's name : democracy and the right to wage war / Mark Evans -- Proportionality : old problems, new ambiguities / Kateri Carmola -- Is there a supreme emergency exemption? / Brian Orend -- Security beyond the state : cosmopolitanism, just war and the human right to peace / Patrick Hayden -- Forgiveness and reconciliation in jus post bellum / Andrew Rigby -- In defence of just war theory / Mark Evans.
Summary: This book addresses the criticisms and explores new angles to just war thinking, analyzing its practical adequacy in the face of modern-day realities. It is written with the aim of stimulating debate, recasting or revivifying critical reservations, but also powerfully demonstrating how just war theory cannot be ignored if we take seriously the moral questions warfare forces upon us.
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Originally published: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Moral theory and the idea of a just war / Mark Evans -- Preemptive and preventive wars / Neta C. Crawford -- Punitive intervention : enforcing justice or creating conflict? / Anthony F. Lang Jr. -- In humanity's name : democracy and the right to wage war / Mark Evans -- Proportionality : old problems, new ambiguities / Kateri Carmola -- Is there a supreme emergency exemption? / Brian Orend -- Security beyond the state : cosmopolitanism, just war and the human right to peace / Patrick Hayden -- Forgiveness and reconciliation in jus post bellum / Andrew Rigby -- In defence of just war theory / Mark Evans.

This book addresses the criticisms and explores new angles to just war thinking, analyzing its practical adequacy in the face of modern-day realities. It is written with the aim of stimulating debate, recasting or revivifying critical reservations, but also powerfully demonstrating how just war theory cannot be ignored if we take seriously the moral questions warfare forces upon us.

Available electronically via the Internet.

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