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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19502471
AutoresNeil Arya (0000-0001-9524-1146, College of Family Physicians of Canada, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen23
Número3
Páginas172-188
Fecha de publicación2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13623690701417311
PMID17822061
OpenAlexW2073556559
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas7

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