Is military action ever justified? A physician defends the ‘Responsibility to Protect’

Bibliographic Data

ID19502471
AuthorsNeil Arya (0000-0001-9524-1146, College of Family Physicians of Canada, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume23
Issue3
Pages172-188
Publication date2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13623690701417311
PMID17822061
OpenAlexW2073556559
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

This article initially examines the moral dilemmas of war from personal and family experience, from the perspective of a family doctor trained to preserve life and a member of the peace movement. It then explores Just War from religious viewpoints and the challenges to pacifism from those living in war zones, and from human rights and human security perspectives. It concludes that the Responsibility to Protect reflects sound medical principles balancing the need to make war an extreme last resort with the responsibility of the international community to assist those unable to defend themselves

Collective responsibility · Environmental ethics · Human rights · International community · Just war theory · Moral responsibility · Political science · Public relations · Responsibility to Protect · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Viewpoints · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification