Can war be just in the 21st century?
Subtitle: ethicists engage the tradition
By: edited by Tobias Winright and Laurie Johnston
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Maryknoll, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781626981584
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Christianity; War; Just war doctrine
Description: The Christian just war tradition has played an important role in political deliberations by many nation-states for seventeen centuries. But does it still have relevance in an age of drones, war by proxy, terrorism, environmental devastation, and failed states? This volume brings together leading scholars from around the world on the viability of the just war tradition in a modern environment, with many essays offering specific historical examples of how the theory plays out in reality. Topics covered include cluster munitions, drones, nuclear proliferation, genocide (and the "responsibility to protect"), environmental concerns, torture, and care for returning soldiers. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- Stanley Hauerwas -- Introduction / -- Tobias Winright; title: Just war and the gospel  -- Lisa Sowle Cahill; title: A taste of Armageddon : when warring is done by drones and robots  -- Brian Stiltner; title: The (im)morality of cluster munitions  -- Tobias Winright; title: Humanitarian intervention and the just war tradition  -- Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M.; title: Self-determination and the ethics of force  -- Gerard F. Powers; title: Torture, terror, and just war  -- Anna Floerke Scheid; title: Just war theory and environmental destruction  -- Laurie Johnston; title: Justice in war preparations : a just war application to nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands  -- Rachel Hart Winter; title: Women in combat, civilian immunity, and the just war tradition  -- Cristina Richie; title: Just war and its implications for African conflicts  -- Elias O. Opongo; title: Civilian vulnerability in contemporary war : lessons from the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo  -- John Kiess; title: Combat and confession : just war and moral injury -- Tobias Winright and E. Ann Jeschke.