Title: Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century? /
Authors: Fisher, David, 1947-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Just war doctrine.; War History; War Moral and ethical aspects; Military history, Modern
Abstract: David Fisher explores how just war thinking can and should be developed to provide such guidance. Morality and War examines philosophical challenges to just war thinking, including those posed by moral scepticism and relativism. It explores the nature and grounds of moral reasoning, the relation between public and private morality, and how just war teaching needs to be refashioned to provide practical guidance not just to politicians and generals but to ordinary service people.
Contents: Part one: Morality. War without morality -- Whose justice? Which rationality? -- Virtues and consequences -- The just war tradition -- Is non-combatant immunity absolute? -- Virtues -- Virtuous consequentialism -- Part Two: War. The protean nature of war -- Extreme times, extreme measures -- Gulf wars -- Humanitarian intervention -- Making war just.