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The Future of Just War New Critical Essays

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These essays seek to reorient the Just War tradition around its core concerns of preventing the unjust use of force by states and limiting the harm inflicted on vulnerable populations such as civilian noncombatants. Contributors argue that the tradition needs to be updated to deal with substate acto...

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Other Authors: Gentry, Caron E. (Editor), Eckert, Amy E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Athens University of Georgia Press 2014
Series:Studies in Security and International Affairs
Subjects:
Political Science
just war doctrine
morals
ethics
pragmatism
philosophy
political science
international relations
arms control
conflict resolution
Human rights
Jus post bellum
Law of war
United States
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Summary:These essays seek to reorient the Just War tradition around its core concerns of preventing the unjust use of force by states and limiting the harm inflicted on vulnerable populations such as civilian noncombatants. Contributors argue that the tradition needs to be updated to deal with substate actors within the realm of legitimate authority, private military companies, and the questionable moral difference between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons. Additionally, as recent policy makers and scholars have tried to make the Just War criteria legalistic, they have weakened the tradition's ability to draw from and adjust to its contemporaneous setting.
ISBN:j.ctt46nbn3
9780820345604;9780820353050
Access:Open Access

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