Ethics, authority, and war
Subtitle: non-state actors and the just war tradition
By: edited by Eric A. Heinze and Brent J. Steele.
Contributors: Heinze, Eric.; Steele, Brent J.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780230616745
Subjects: International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects; Just war doctrine; Humanitarian intervention -- Moral and ethical aspects
Description: In original essays written by both senior scholars as well as rising younger scholars in the field of international ethics, this volume addresses the ethics of war in an era when non-state actors are playing an increasingly prominent role in armed conflict. Central to this concern is the issue of whether, or under what conditions, non-state actors can be said to have the "authority" to participate in war. The contributors therefore explore and analyze the problems with, and possibilities for, incorporating non-state actors into the traditionally state-centric moral vocabulary about war - namely, the just war tradition.