Laurie Calhoun
Biographic Data
| ID | 4376324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurie Calhoun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurie |
| FAMILY NAME | Calhoun |
| SIGNATURE | CALHOUN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Falun Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Real Problem with Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (Laws)
Totalitarian tendencies in drone strikes by states
Lethal drones or unmanned combat aerial vehicles have been used to kill thousands of persons suspected of complicity in terrorism. Despite concerns aired by legal scholars that drone strikes outside areas of active hostilities violate international law, the US government contends that targeted killing is distinct from assassination, and has persisted in the practice to the point where it has become normalised as a standard operating procedure and…
Drone Killing and the Disastrous Doctrine of Double Effect
Over the centuries, many intellectuals have uncritically accepted the basic framework of just war theory—the so-called jus ad bellum and jus in bello constraints on the waging and prosecution of wa
The Limits of Lethality
Moral Personhood, Human Security, and the War on Terrorism
War and Delusion
Calhoun examines the centuries-old paradigm of just war theory to determine whether modern 'just war' rationalizations constitute sound justifications or pro-military propaganda. Her work reveals how
Human Rights or Just War
The just war tradition dates back to ancient and medieval times, but its principal concepts—including “legitimate authority,” “proportionality,” and “noncombatant immunity”—have survived in the pro
Moral Personhood, Human Security, and the War on Terrorism
There are many different ways of thinking about the world in which we live, each of which represents a perspective, a point of view commencing from a set of values and interests. Sometimes we adopt an aesthetic stance, evaluating things in terms of concepts such as beauty and symmetry. At other times we prioritize economics, assessing things primarily in terms of monetary value and net efficiency. In some contexts we prefer to regard ourselves an…
The End of Military Virtue
War is not war anymore. This may sound like a contradiction, but it is not. We continue to use “war” to describe activities in which our society's soldiers participate, despite the fact that much o
We are Good and They are Evil
“We are good, and they are evil” has been used throughout history to lump the inhabitants of adversarial lands into a single group, despite the evident fact that people do not choose their place of
War and Degradation
Pre‐emption and paradox
The series of events leading up to the US invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 is examined from the perspective of theoretical and practical rationality and in the light of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and elements of just war theory. Strikingly, even without assuming the authority of the Charter of the United Nations and the validity of just war theory, the decision to wage…
An anatomy of fanaticism
No one doubts that people who fly planes into buildings, killing themselves and many others for what they claim to be a “just cause,” are fanatics. Confronted with such shocking events, it is diffi
Self-Defence, Defence and Pre-Emption
Military supporters and critics often find each others' positions on war preposterous. The divergent attitudes of these two groups may derive from their view about the analogy, or lack thereof, between war and self-defence, an issue recently highlighted by the controversial question of ‘pre-emption’. In general, bombing campaigns conducted abroad are better understood as pre-emptive acts of war than as literal acts of ‘self-defence’. The support …
The Strange Case of Summary Execution by Predator Drone
(2003). The Strange Case of Summary Execution by Predator Drone. Peace Review: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 209-214
Be All That You Can Be
Soldiers have been held in high regard throughout history by many diverse societies. But what does it really mean to be a soldier in the modern world? Because the dynamics and weapons of warfare have transformed radically in recent times, the romantic image of the courageous soldier as an exemplary human being, even if once valid, no longer applies. In this essay, military enlistment is considered from both moral and prudential perspectives. The …
The Terrorist's Tacit Message
Legitimate Authority and “Just War” in the Modern World
Legitimate authority is a widely touted yet rarely analyzed concept in discourse about war. In this essay, I articulate and analyze the schema of just war theory that has dominated philosophical discourse regarding war since the early medieval period. Although the requirements for a “just war” appear to exceed the simple proclamation by a legitimate authority , in fact, all of the other requirements are subject to the interpretation of the legiti…
How Violence Breeds Violence
Recent philosophical writing about war has focused upon just war theory, especially how best to construe the ius ad bellum and ius in bello tenets, and whether the distinction between combatants and non-combatants can be made in the modern world. Historically and politically, calls to war have often appealed to utilitarian considerations. In this article, I discuss important long-range consequences rarely mentioned in utilitarian defences of part…
Killing, Letting Die, and the Alleged Necessity of Military Intervention
Recent international developments have introduced the possibility of war waged on behalf of people unable to defend themselves, and when the attacking parties’ interests appear not to be at stake. Are purely military forms of “humanitarian intervention” sometimes morally required? Can such military missions be reconciled with the widely held belief in the moral distinction between killing and letting die? In exploring these questions, the two dom…
The Military's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
(2001). The Military's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Peace Review: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 273-280
The Injustice of ''Just Wars
Institutions and deviance
Deviance is esteemed in the art world, and all great artists have broken with the traditions that preceded them and rebelled against their contemporaries. Yet in society deviance is more often than not condemned. Our apparently contradictory attitudes toward artistic and social deviance are explicable in light of the conservative nature of institutions and the nature of comprehensibility and psychiatry
How Violence Breeds Violence
Recent philosophical writing about war has focused upon just war theory, especially how best to construe the ius ad bellum and ius in bello tenets, and whether the distinction between combatants and non-combatants can be made in the modern world. Historically and politically, calls to war have often appealed to utilitarian considerations. In this article, I discuss important long-range consequences rarely mentioned in utilitarian defences of part…
The Injustice of ''Just Wars
Totalitarian tendencies in drone strikes by states
Lethal drones or unmanned combat aerial vehicles have been used to kill thousands of persons suspected of complicity in terrorism. Despite concerns aired by legal scholars that drone strikes outside areas of active hostilities violate international law, the US government contends that targeted killing is distinct from assassination, and has persisted in the practice to the point where it has become normalised as a standard operating procedure and…
The Strange Case of Summary Execution by Predator Drone
(2003). The Strange Case of Summary Execution by Predator Drone. Peace Review: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 209-214
The Military's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
(2001). The Military's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Peace Review: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 273-280
The End of Military Virtue
War is not war anymore. This may sound like a contradiction, but it is not. We continue to use “war” to describe activities in which our society's soldiers participate, despite the fact that much o
The Terrorist's Tacit Message
Legitimate Authority and “Just War” in the Modern World
Legitimate authority is a widely touted yet rarely analyzed concept in discourse about war. In this essay, I articulate and analyze the schema of just war theory that has dominated philosophical discourse regarding war since the early medieval period. Although the requirements for a “just war” appear to exceed the simple proclamation by a legitimate authority , in fact, all of the other requirements are subject to the interpretation of the legiti…
Institutions and deviance
Deviance is esteemed in the art world, and all great artists have broken with the traditions that preceded them and rebelled against their contemporaries. Yet in society deviance is more often than not condemned. Our apparently contradictory attitudes toward artistic and social deviance are explicable in light of the conservative nature of institutions and the nature of comprehensibility and psychiatry
Pre‐emption and paradox
The series of events leading up to the US invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 is examined from the perspective of theoretical and practical rationality and in the light of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and elements of just war theory. Strikingly, even without assuming the authority of the Charter of the United Nations and the validity of just war theory, the decision to wage…
An anatomy of fanaticism
No one doubts that people who fly planes into buildings, killing themselves and many others for what they claim to be a “just cause,” are fanatics. Confronted with such shocking events, it is diffi
Self-Defence, Defence and Pre-Emption
Military supporters and critics often find each others' positions on war preposterous. The divergent attitudes of these two groups may derive from their view about the analogy, or lack thereof, between war and self-defence, an issue recently highlighted by the controversial question of ‘pre-emption’. In general, bombing campaigns conducted abroad are better understood as pre-emptive acts of war than as literal acts of ‘self-defence’. The support …
Be All That You Can Be
Soldiers have been held in high regard throughout history by many diverse societies. But what does it really mean to be a soldier in the modern world? Because the dynamics and weapons of warfare have transformed radically in recent times, the romantic image of the courageous soldier as an exemplary human being, even if once valid, no longer applies. In this essay, military enlistment is considered from both moral and prudential perspectives. The …
Institutions and deviance
Deviance is esteemed in the art world, and all great artists have broken with the traditions that preceded them and rebelled against their contemporaries. Yet in society deviance is more often than not condemned. Our apparently contradictory attitudes toward artistic and social deviance are explicable in light of the conservative nature of institutions and the nature of comprehensibility and psychiatry
The Injustice of ''Just Wars
Killing, Letting Die, and the Alleged Necessity of Military Intervention
Recent international developments have introduced the possibility of war waged on behalf of people unable to defend themselves, and when the attacking parties’ interests appear not to be at stake. Are purely military forms of “humanitarian intervention” sometimes morally required? Can such military missions be reconciled with the widely held belief in the moral distinction between killing and letting die? In exploring these questions, the two dom…
The Military's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
(2001). The Military's Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Peace Review: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 273-280
The Terrorist's Tacit Message
Legitimate Authority and “Just War” in the Modern World
Legitimate authority is a widely touted yet rarely analyzed concept in discourse about war. In this essay, I articulate and analyze the schema of just war theory that has dominated philosophical discourse regarding war since the early medieval period. Although the requirements for a “just war” appear to exceed the simple proclamation by a legitimate authority , in fact, all of the other requirements are subject to the interpretation of the legiti…
How Violence Breeds Violence
Recent philosophical writing about war has focused upon just war theory, especially how best to construe the ius ad bellum and ius in bello tenets, and whether the distinction between combatants and non-combatants can be made in the modern world. Historically and politically, calls to war have often appealed to utilitarian considerations. In this article, I discuss important long-range consequences rarely mentioned in utilitarian defences of part…
The Strange Case of Summary Execution by Predator Drone
(2003). The Strange Case of Summary Execution by Predator Drone. Peace Review: Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 209-214
Be All That You Can Be
Soldiers have been held in high regard throughout history by many diverse societies. But what does it really mean to be a soldier in the modern world? Because the dynamics and weapons of warfare have transformed radically in recent times, the romantic image of the courageous soldier as an exemplary human being, even if once valid, no longer applies. In this essay, military enlistment is considered from both moral and prudential perspectives. The …
Pre‐emption and paradox
The series of events leading up to the US invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 is examined from the perspective of theoretical and practical rationality and in the light of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and elements of just war theory. Strikingly, even without assuming the authority of the Charter of the United Nations and the validity of just war theory, the decision to wage…
An anatomy of fanaticism
No one doubts that people who fly planes into buildings, killing themselves and many others for what they claim to be a “just cause,” are fanatics. Confronted with such shocking events, it is diffi
Self-Defence, Defence and Pre-Emption
Military supporters and critics often find each others' positions on war preposterous. The divergent attitudes of these two groups may derive from their view about the analogy, or lack thereof, between war and self-defence, an issue recently highlighted by the controversial question of ‘pre-emption’. In general, bombing campaigns conducted abroad are better understood as pre-emptive acts of war than as literal acts of ‘self-defence’. The support …
War and Degradation
We are Good and They are Evil
“We are good, and they are evil” has been used throughout history to lump the inhabitants of adversarial lands into a single group, despite the evident fact that people do not choose their place of
Moral Personhood, Human Security, and the War on Terrorism
There are many different ways of thinking about the world in which we live, each of which represents a perspective, a point of view commencing from a set of values and interests. Sometimes we adopt an aesthetic stance, evaluating things in terms of concepts such as beauty and symmetry. At other times we prioritize economics, assessing things primarily in terms of monetary value and net efficiency. In some contexts we prefer to regard ourselves an…
The End of Military Virtue
War is not war anymore. This may sound like a contradiction, but it is not. We continue to use “war” to describe activities in which our society's soldiers participate, despite the fact that much o
Human Rights or Just War
The just war tradition dates back to ancient and medieval times, but its principal concepts—including “legitimate authority,” “proportionality,” and “noncombatant immunity”—have survived in the pro
Moral Personhood, Human Security, and the War on Terrorism
War and Delusion
Calhoun examines the centuries-old paradigm of just war theory to determine whether modern 'just war' rationalizations constitute sound justifications or pro-military propaganda. Her work reveals how
The Limits of Lethality
Drone Killing and the Disastrous Doctrine of Double Effect
Over the centuries, many intellectuals have uncritically accepted the basic framework of just war theory—the so-called jus ad bellum and jus in bello constraints on the waging and prosecution of wa
Totalitarian tendencies in drone strikes by states
Lethal drones or unmanned combat aerial vehicles have been used to kill thousands of persons suspected of complicity in terrorism. Despite concerns aired by legal scholars that drone strikes outside areas of active hostilities violate international law, the US government contends that targeted killing is distinct from assassination, and has persisted in the practice to the point where it has become normalised as a standard operating procedure and…
The Real Problem with Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (Laws)
Political science (19 works) · Law (15 works) · Law (15 works) · Sociology (12 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (11 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works)