Peace And The Just War Tradition

Author : Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven,William A. Barbieri, Jr.
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110291926

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From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics by Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven,William A. Barbieri, Jr. Pdf

This book rewrites the history of Christian peace ethics. Christian reflection on reducing violence or overcoming war has roots in ancient Roman philosophy and eventually grew to influence modern international law. This historical overview begins with Cicero, the source of Christian authors like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. It is highly debatable whether Augustine had a systematic interest in just war or whether his writings were used to develop a systematic just war teaching only by the later tradition. May Christians justifiably use force to overcome disorder and achieve peace? The book traces the classical debate from Thomas Aquinas to early modern-age thinkers like Vitoria, Suarez, Martin Luther, Hugo Grotius and Immanuel Kant. It highlights the diversity of the approaches of theologians, philosophers and lawyers. Modern cosmopolitianism and international law-thinking, it shows, are rooted in the Spanish Scholastics, where Grotius and Kant each found the inspiration to inaugurate a modern peace ethic. In the 20th century the tradition has taken aim not only at reducing violence and overcoming war but at developing a constructive ethic of peace building, as is reflected in Pope John Paul II’s teaching.

Author : David D. Corey,J. Daryl Charles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781684516254

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The Just War Tradition by David D. Corey,J. Daryl Charles Pdf

How can some politicians, pundits, and scholars cite the principles of "just war" to defend military actions—and others to condemn those same interventions? Just what is the just war tradition, and why is it important today?Authors David D. Corey and J. Daryl Charles answer those questions in this fascinating and invaluable book. The Just War Tradition: An Introduction reintroduces the wisdom we desperately need in our foreign policy debates.

Author : Anthony F. Lang Jr.,Cian O'Driscoll,John Williams
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781589016811

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Just War by Anthony F. Lang Jr.,Cian O'Driscoll,John Williams Pdf

The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporary world, but surprisingly few scholars have questioned the authority of the tradition as a source of moral guidance for modern statecraft. Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice brings together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition. Authority is critical in two key senses. First, it is central to framing the ethical debate about the justice or injustice of war, raising questions about the universality of just war and the tradition’s relationship to religion, law, and democracy. Second, who has the legitimate authority to make just-war claims and declare and prosecute war? Such authority has traditionally been located in the sovereign state, but non-state and supra-state claims to legitimate authority have become increasingly important over the last twenty years as the just war tradition has been used to think about multilateral military operations, terrorism, guerrilla warfare, and sub-state violence. The chapters in this collection, organized around these two dimensions, offer a compelling reassessment of the authority issue’s centrality in how we can, do, and ought to think about war in contemporary global politics.

Author : Mark J. Allman,Tobias L. Winright
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781570758591

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After the Smoke Clears by Mark J. Allman,Tobias L. Winright Pdf

Once the smoke of the battlefield blows away, what are the moral requirements of the "victor"? While most studies of just war focus on the rationale for going to war and the conduct of the war, this important book examines the period after the conflict. What must be done to restore justice? In the words of the authors, "`Victory' is declared by presidents and other leaders, yet all too often no just peace is to be found in the wake of today's conflicts....After the smoke clears, the powers that be may declare `mission accomplished' when, as Ezekiel long ago said, there really is no peace." "Allman and Winright provide readers with a clear, concise, balanced, and informed assessment of an important topic in debates about modern warfare: the issue of moral duties in a post-conflict situation."---Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M., Boston College "Timely and readable...Shows us not only that nations have responsibilities after war `ends,' but also that reconstructing societies requires specific processes of restoration."---Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College

Author : Mark Evans
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780748680887

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Just War Theory by Mark Evans Pdf

This book provides a stimulating discussion of, and introduction to, just war theory.

Author : J. Daryl Charles,Timothy J. Demy
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433524196

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War, Peace, and Christianity by J. Daryl Charles,Timothy J. Demy Pdf

With issues of war and peace at the forefront of current events, an informed Christian response is needed. This timely volume answers 104 questions from a just-war perspective, offering thoughtful yet succinct answers. Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, the volume looks at how the just-war perspective relates to the philosopher, historian, statesman, theologian, combatant, and individual—with particular emphases on its historical development and application to contemporary geopolitical challenges. Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy give much attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as they provide moral guidance. A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relating to war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format a helpful starting point for discussion.

Author : Mark David Hall,J. Daryl Charles
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780268105280

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America and the Just War Tradition by Mark David Hall,J. Daryl Charles Pdf

America and the Just War Tradition examines and evaluates each of America’s major wars from a just war perspective. Using moral analysis that is anchored in the just war tradition, the contributors provide careful historical analysis evaluating individual conflicts. Each chapter explores the causes of a particular war, the degree to which the justice of the conflict was a subject of debate at the time, and the extent to which the war measured up to traditional ad bellum and in bello criteria. Where appropriate, contributors offer post bellum considerations, insofar as justice is concerned with helping to offer a better peace and end result than what had existed prior to the conflict. This fascinating exploration offers policy guidance for the use of force in the world today, and will be of keen interest to historians, political scientists, philosophers, and theologians, as well as policy makers and the general reading public. Contributors: J. Daryl Charles, Darrell Cole, Timothy J. Demy, Jonathan H. Ebel, Laura Jane Gifford, Mark David Hall, Jonathan Den Hartog, Daniel Walker Howe, Kerry E. Irish, James Turner Johnson, Gregory R. Jones, Mackubin Thomas Owens, John D. Roche, and Rouven Steeves

Author : Gregory M. Reichberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107019904

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Thomas Aquinas on War and Peace by Gregory M. Reichberg Pdf

The first book-length study of Aquinas's teaching on just war, its antecedents, and its reception by subsequent thinkers.

Author : Dolores R. Leckey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Just war doctrine
ISBN : 157075649X

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Just War, Lasting Peace by Dolores R. Leckey Pdf

More than 50 theologians, peace activists, military experts, public policy analysts, and media commentators gathered together to discuss what a just war really is and how the theory applies to the war in Iraq. The participants include Jim Wallis, Joan Chittister, Drew Christiansen, Peter and Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Michael Baxter, and many others.

Author : Fritz Allhoff,Nicholas G. Evans,Adam Henschke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136260995

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Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War by Fritz Allhoff,Nicholas G. Evans,Adam Henschke Pdf

This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war. The modern history of just war has typically assumed the primacy of four particular elements: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, the state actor, and the solider. This book will put these four elements under close scrutiny, and will explore how they fare given the following challenges: • What role do the traditional elements of jus ad bellum and jus in bello—and the constituent principles that follow from this distinction—play in modern warfare? Do they adequately account for a normative theory of war? • What is the role of the state in warfare? Is it or should it be the primary actor in just war theory? • Can a just war be understood simply as a response to territorial aggression between state actors, or should other actions be accommodated under legitimate recourse to armed conflict? • Is the idea of combatant qua state-employed soldier a valid ethical characterization of actors in modern warfare? • What role does the technological backdrop of modern warfare play in understanding and realizing just war theories? Over the course of three key sections, the contributors examine these challenges to the just war tradition in a way that invigorates existing discussions and generates new debate on topical and prospective issues in just war theory. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, war and ethics, peace and conflict studies, philosophy and security studies.

Author : Davis Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351543163

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The Just War Tradition: Applying Old Ethics to New Problems by Davis Brown Pdf

This collection examines the role of the just war tradition and its criteria in solving pressing present-day challenges. In particular, it deals with three types of challenges to world public order. One is anticipatory self-defense, in which one state attacks another to pre-empt or prevent an attack on itself, as the United States claimed in relation to Iraq in 2003. The second challenge is humanitarian intervention, in which one state attacks another to stop gross, large-scale violations of human rights, as NATO claimed to be doing on behalf of Kosovo in 1999. Both practices may erode world public order, given the normative strength of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter prohibiting the threat or use of force against other states. However, both practices pose dilemmas, in that they also preserve world public order by not allowing impunity for human rights abusers or the misuse of international law to the advantage of genuine aggressors. The third challenge is the execution of warfare in a new geopolitical environment characterized by new technologies and asymmetry of belligerents. The chapters in this book, written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, turn to the just war tradition to attempt to resolve these tensions.This book was based on a special issue of the Journal of Military Ethics.

Author : Helen Frowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136666759

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The Ethics of War and Peace by Helen Frowe Pdf

When is it right to go to war? When is a war illegal? What are the rules of engagement? What should happen when a war is over? How should we view terrorism? The Ethics of War and Peace is a fresh and contemporary introduction to one of the oldest but still most relevant ethical debates. It introduces students to contemporary Just War Theory in a stimulating and engaging way, perfect for those approaching the topic for the first time. Helen Frowe explains the core issues in Just War Theory, and chapter by chapter examines the recent and ongoing philosophical? debates on: theories of self defence and national defence Jus ad Bellum, Jus in Bello, and Jus post Bellum the moral status of combatants the principle of non-combatant immunity the nature of terrorism and the moral status of terrorists. Each chapter concludes with a useful summary, discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, to aid student learning and revision. The Ethics of War and Peace is the ideal textbook for students studying philosophy, politics and international relations.

Author : Winright, Tobias ,Johnston, Laurie
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608336241

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Can War Be Just In The 21st Century? by Winright, Tobias ,Johnston, Laurie Pdf

Author : Richard J. Regan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018361852

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Just War by Richard J. Regan Pdf

Most individuals realize that we have a moral obligation to avoid the evils of war. But this realization raises a host of difficult questions when we witness harrowing injustices such as ""ethnic cleansing"" in Bosnia or starvation in Somalia. With millions of lives at stake, is war ever justified? And, if so, for what purposes? In this book, Richard J. Regan confronts these controversial questions by first considering the basic principles of just- war theory and then applying those principles to historical and ongoing conflicts. Part One presents two opposing viewpoints: first, that war is not subject to moral norms and, second, that war is never morally permissible. The author rejects both perspectives, and moves to define the principles of just-war theory. He evaluates the roles of the president, Congress, and, most importantly, the U.N. Security Council in determining when long-term U.S. military involvement is justified. The moral limits of war conduct and the moral problem of using, or threatening to use, nuclear weapons are also discussed. On the just cause to wage war, Regan argues that defense of nations and nationals--whether in self-defense or in defense of others--remains the only classical cause that in the modern world would justify resorting to war. With respect to military intervention in secessionist and revolutionary wars, he contends that such intervention might be justified, but that prudence dictates extreme caution. In considering acceptable war conduct, Regan elaborates the specific principles of discrimination and proportionality; he maintains that civilians uninvolved in the enemy's war should not be directly targeted and that the costs of military action must be proportionate to the anticipated benefits of destroying military targets. The second part of the book presents case studies of eight historical wars--World War I, the Vietnam War, the Falklands War, the revolution and civil war in Nicaragua, the civil war in El Salvador, the Gulf War, the intervention in Somalia, and the Bosnian War--and poses several provocative questions about each. It invites readers and students to apply just-war principles to complex war-related situations and to understand the factual contingencies involved in moral judgments about war decisions. The book will be of particular interest to students of international relations and to readers interested more generally in philosophy, theology, and political science. Richard J. Regan, a Jesuit priest, attended Harvard Law School and received a doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago. He is professor of political science at Fordham University and is the author of several books, including God and Creation, The Moral Dimensions of Politics, and Conflict and Consensus.

Author : Charles Reed,David Ryall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Just war doctrine
ISBN : 0511275439

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The Price of Peace by Charles Reed,David Ryall Pdf

A re-examination of the Just War tradition in the context of the twenty-first century.