Beyond Just War [electronic resource] : A Virtue Ethics Approach /
Chan, D.author.
Card, Claudia.
Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The State of Ethics of War; 1 The Moral Problem of War; In the beginning; Christianity and just war; Just war and the reformation; Just war and the law of nations; Pacifist, moralist, and realist responses to just war theory; Just war theory and modern warfare; 2 Just War Reconsidered; The just war paradigm; The central tenets of just war theory; The principle of discrimination; The principle of proportionality; Legitimate authority; Just cause; Last resort; 3 From Rights to Virtues
Deontology and rightsVirtues and agent-based ethics; 4 War as an Evil; What is evil?; Who is evil?; Comparing evils; Choosing between evils; The evils of war; The special evil of war; The just war myth; 5 The Philosophy of Co-existence; Co-existing with animals; Co-existing with criminals; Co-existing with enemies; The possibility of co-existence; The limit of co-existence; Virtue and killing; Moral choice and war; 6 Theoretical Implications and Challenges; The new war thesis; Democracy and justice; Virtue and politics; 7 Practical Implications and Challenges; Humanitarian intervention
War on terrorismWeapons of mass destruction; The Bush doctrine of preventive war; The killing of Osama bin Laden; 8 Is War Ever Justified?; The supreme emergency exemption in just war theory; Supreme emergency as a condition for war; Providing guidance on war; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Ethics.
International relations.
Peace.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
International Relations.
Peace Studies.