The Iraq War [electronic resource] : A Philosophical Analysis /
Romaya, B.author.
This book features a critique of key philosophical doctrines that dominate the Iraq war debate: just war theory, humanitarian intervention, democratic realism, and preventive war doctrine. The author evaluates each and develops a philosophical approach that offers a model for thinking through the philosophical dilemmas introduced by new wars.
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Cover; The Iraq War: A Philosophical Analysis; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Rethinking Philosophical Arguments in the War on Iraq; CHAPTER 2: The Question of Just War: The Rise of the Contemporary Just-War Tradition; The Contemporary Just-War Tradition and the Iraq War; Irregular Justice, New Wars, and Challenges beyond Iraq; Rethinking Contemporary Warfare and the Just-War Tradition; CHAPTER 3: The Question of Humanitarian Intervention: Humanitarian Grounds for Armed Conflict; International Law, Human Rights, and Jus Ad Interventionem Reconsidered
Human Wrongs, Outlaw Regimes, and Iraq in 2003Humanitarian Irreverence, Past and Present; CHAPTER 4: The Question of Democracy: War and the Crusade for Democracy; International Terrorism, Ideological Warfare, and the Promise of Democratic Peace; Iraqi Democracy and Its Discontents; Challenges to the Democratic Paradigm; CHAPTER 5: The Question of Preventive War: The March toward Prevention; From Preemption to Prevention; Consequentialism, Exceptionalism, and the Just-War Tradition; Preventive and Perpetual War; CHAPTER 6: Philosophizing War: The Philosophic Response to the War on Iraq
Philosophy, Just-War Tradition, and the Nature of New WarsPostmodern War, Globalization, and Capitalism; Revisiting the War Response; CHAPTER 7: Concluding Remarks: Toward an Alternative Turn in Philosophizing War; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book features a critique of key philosophical doctrines that dominate the Iraq war debate: just war theory, humanitarian intervention, democratic realism, and preventive war doctrine. The author evaluates each and develops a philosophical approach that offers a model for thinking through the philosophical dilemmas introduced by new wars.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
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International relations.
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World politics.
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