Valerie Morkevičius
Biographic Data
| ID | 3877078 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Morkevičius |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Morkevičius |
| SIGNATURE | MORKEVIČIUS V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colgate University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6856-3449 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Likelihood of Success, the Science of War, and the False Security of a Technical Principle
I argue that it may be time to abandon the likelihood of success principle, a relative newcomer to the just war tradition. First, I am unconvinced of the normative value of the concept, especially when applied to states participating in defensive wars. Second, and more pragmatically, our lack of knowledge about what determines the outcomes and durations of wars, the application of a scientific-sounding concept to what is essentially a judgment of…
Realist Ethics
Looking Inward Together
Just war thinking serves a social and psychological role that international law cannot fill. Law is dispassionate and objective, while just war thinking accounts for emotions and the situatedness of individuals. While law works on us externally, making us accountable to certain people and institutions, just war thinking affects us internally, making us accountable to ourselves. Psychologically, an external focus leads to feelings of shame, while …
Outsourcing War
Is just war thinking flexible enough to address the unique ethical problems of contemporary warfare? In this book, Amy E. Eckert takes up the problem of military privatization, asking whether the just war tradition can adequately address the ethical problems posed by states’ increasing reliance on private military companies (PMCs). Such corporations—including the now defunct Blackwater—provide a variety of services to the states that hire them, f…
Power and Order
Conventional wisdom holds that realists support the recourse to war more than just war theorists. I argue that the opposite is true: just war theory produces a more bellicose orientation than realism. Although the two traditions share a set of assumptions about the international system, as well as several underlying logics, the just war tradition's concern with justice leads it to permit many more kinds of war than realism. Thus, if just war theo…
Why We Need a Just Rebellion Theory
The Arab Spring has generated a variety of responses from the West. While broad political support was voiced for uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen, the responses to protests in Bahrain and Morocco were muted. The swift decision to intervene in Libya stands in marked contrast to the ongoing hand-wringing on Syria. While political realists might see these contradictions as evidence that geopolitical concerns determine foreign policy, from an e…
Power and Order
Conventional wisdom holds that realists support the recourse to war more than just war theorists. I argue that the opposite is true: just war theory produces a more bellicose orientation than realism. Although the two traditions share a set of assumptions about the international system, as well as several underlying logics, the just war tradition's concern with justice leads it to permit many more kinds of war than realism. Thus, if just war theo…
Looking Inward Together
Just war thinking serves a social and psychological role that international law cannot fill. Law is dispassionate and objective, while just war thinking accounts for emotions and the situatedness of individuals. While law works on us externally, making us accountable to certain people and institutions, just war thinking affects us internally, making us accountable to ourselves. Psychologically, an external focus leads to feelings of shame, while …
Why We Need a Just Rebellion Theory
The Arab Spring has generated a variety of responses from the West. While broad political support was voiced for uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen, the responses to protests in Bahrain and Morocco were muted. The swift decision to intervene in Libya stands in marked contrast to the ongoing hand-wringing on Syria. While political realists might see these contradictions as evidence that geopolitical concerns determine foreign policy, from an e…
Why We Need a Just Rebellion Theory
The Arab Spring has generated a variety of responses from the West. While broad political support was voiced for uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen, the responses to protests in Bahrain and Morocco were muted. The swift decision to intervene in Libya stands in marked contrast to the ongoing hand-wringing on Syria. While political realists might see these contradictions as evidence that geopolitical concerns determine foreign policy, from an e…
Power and Order
Conventional wisdom holds that realists support the recourse to war more than just war theorists. I argue that the opposite is true: just war theory produces a more bellicose orientation than realism. Although the two traditions share a set of assumptions about the international system, as well as several underlying logics, the just war tradition's concern with justice leads it to permit many more kinds of war than realism. Thus, if just war theo…
Looking Inward Together
Just war thinking serves a social and psychological role that international law cannot fill. Law is dispassionate and objective, while just war thinking accounts for emotions and the situatedness of individuals. While law works on us externally, making us accountable to certain people and institutions, just war thinking affects us internally, making us accountable to ourselves. Psychologically, an external focus leads to feelings of shame, while …
Outsourcing War
Is just war thinking flexible enough to address the unique ethical problems of contemporary warfare? In this book, Amy E. Eckert takes up the problem of military privatization, asking whether the just war tradition can adequately address the ethical problems posed by states’ increasing reliance on private military companies (PMCs). Such corporations—including the now defunct Blackwater—provide a variety of services to the states that hire them, f…
Realist Ethics
Likelihood of Success, the Science of War, and the False Security of a Technical Principle
I argue that it may be time to abandon the likelihood of success principle, a relative newcomer to the just war tradition. First, I am unconvinced of the normative value of the concept, especially when applied to states participating in defensive wars. Second, and more pragmatically, our lack of knowledge about what determines the outcomes and durations of wars, the application of a scientific-sounding concept to what is essentially a judgment of…
Political science (6 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (6 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Just war theory (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Spanish Civil War (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)