Ned Dobos
Biographic Data
| ID | 5791913 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ned Dobos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ned |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobos |
| SIGNATURE | DOBOS N |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Canberra |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0425-7711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Jus ante bellum , reckless threats and irresponsible promises
Historically, the jus ad bellum and jus in bello prongs of just war theory have received the lion's share of philosophical attention. Scholars have mostly been interested in what justifies the use of military force in the first place, and the proper conduct of hostilities once war is under way. In recent years a considerable amount of work has also been devoted to questions of jus ex bello and jus post bellum. This literature asks how and when an…
Are strikes extortionate
Military Abolitionism
Pacifism in its purest form condemns all war without exception. Military abolitionism, by contrast, is the view that it is morally impermissible for states to create and maintain war-making institutions. One might assume that any moral objection to the existence of war-making institutions must, in the final analysis, be based on some moral objection to war itself. Against this, I show that that there are in fact several distinct types of military…
Are States under a Prospective Duty to Create and Maintain Militaries
Suppose it is foreseeable that you will soon encounter a drowning child, whom you will only be able to rescue if you learn to swim. In this scenario we might think that you have a “prospective duty” to take swimming lessons given that this will be necessary to perform the future rescue. Cécile Fabre argues that, by parity of reasoning, states have a prospective duty to build and maintain military establishments. My argument in this essay pulls in…
Challenges for Humanitarian Intervention
An enduring concern about armed humanitarian intervention, and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances, is that such interventions are liable to be employed as a foreign policy instrument by powerful states pursuing geopolitical interests. This collection of essays critically investigates the causes and consequences, as well as the uses and abuses, of armed humanitarian intervention. Some of the…
Women and Humanitarian Intervention
This chapter examines the prospects for the R2P framework in combating women’s oppression, with specific attention to Bosnia in the 1990s and in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. It argues that while mass rape in Bosnia did constitute ‘just cause’ for humanitarian intervention, other desiderata, like proportionality and likelihood of success, present greater difficulty. The chapter notes two assumptions commonly present in the humanitarian in…
What’s So Deviant about Production Deviance
In the world of human resource management employees that deliberately "withhold effort" on the job are called "production deviants".The implication is that workers are under a duty to perform as best they can, but why should we accept this?Three answers are presented and interrogated.The first says that employees who withhold effort are guilty of "time-banditry" or theft from their employers.The second says that withholding effort harms one's col…
The Duty to Hire on Merit
Perpetuating the Military Myth – Why the Psychology of the 2014 Australian Defence Pay Deal Is Irrelevant
There is a widespread belief that members of the armed forces have a unique psychological relationship with their institution and their nation, and that it is this relationship that leads to loyalty and self‐sacrifice. Yet this ‘military myth’ does not hold. Many soldiers serve for ‘occupational’ rather than ‘institutional’ reasons, and as the experience of private military contractors demonstrates, this need not reduce operational effectiveness.…
International Rescue and Mediated Consequences
It is generally assumed that, when judging the proportionality of a humanitarian intervention, the relevant costs that must be factored into the equation are not only those brought about directly and immediately, but also those brought about via the interceding agency of other parties; the mediated consequences. Here I want to challenge that assumption. First, I argue that rebels fighting off an oppressive regime cannot reasonably be held to a st…
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International Rescue and Mediated Consequences
It is generally assumed that, when judging the proportionality of a humanitarian intervention, the relevant costs that must be factored into the equation are not only those brought about directly and immediately, but also those brought about via the interceding agency of other parties; the mediated consequences. Here I want to challenge that assumption. First, I argue that rebels fighting off an oppressive regime cannot reasonably be held to a st…
The Duty to Hire on Merit
Perpetuating the Military Myth – Why the Psychology of the 2014 Australian Defence Pay Deal Is Irrelevant
There is a widespread belief that members of the armed forces have a unique psychological relationship with their institution and their nation, and that it is this relationship that leads to loyalty and self‐sacrifice. Yet this ‘military myth’ does not hold. Many soldiers serve for ‘occupational’ rather than ‘institutional’ reasons, and as the experience of private military contractors demonstrates, this need not reduce operational effectiveness.…
What’s So Deviant about Production Deviance
In the world of human resource management employees that deliberately "withhold effort" on the job are called "production deviants".The implication is that workers are under a duty to perform as best they can, but why should we accept this?Three answers are presented and interrogated.The first says that employees who withhold effort are guilty of "time-banditry" or theft from their employers.The second says that withholding effort harms one's col…
Challenges for Humanitarian Intervention
An enduring concern about armed humanitarian intervention, and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances, is that such interventions are liable to be employed as a foreign policy instrument by powerful states pursuing geopolitical interests. This collection of essays critically investigates the causes and consequences, as well as the uses and abuses, of armed humanitarian intervention. Some of the…
Women and Humanitarian Intervention
This chapter examines the prospects for the R2P framework in combating women’s oppression, with specific attention to Bosnia in the 1990s and in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. It argues that while mass rape in Bosnia did constitute ‘just cause’ for humanitarian intervention, other desiderata, like proportionality and likelihood of success, present greater difficulty. The chapter notes two assumptions commonly present in the humanitarian in…
Are States under a Prospective Duty to Create and Maintain Militaries
Suppose it is foreseeable that you will soon encounter a drowning child, whom you will only be able to rescue if you learn to swim. In this scenario we might think that you have a “prospective duty” to take swimming lessons given that this will be necessary to perform the future rescue. Cécile Fabre argues that, by parity of reasoning, states have a prospective duty to build and maintain military establishments. My argument in this essay pulls in…
Are strikes extortionate
Military Abolitionism
Pacifism in its purest form condemns all war without exception. Military abolitionism, by contrast, is the view that it is morally impermissible for states to create and maintain war-making institutions. One might assume that any moral objection to the existence of war-making institutions must, in the final analysis, be based on some moral objection to war itself. Against this, I show that that there are in fact several distinct types of military…
Jus ante bellum , reckless threats and irresponsible promises
Historically, the jus ad bellum and jus in bello prongs of just war theory have received the lion's share of philosophical attention. Scholars have mostly been interested in what justifies the use of military force in the first place, and the proper conduct of hostilities once war is under way. In recent years a considerable amount of work has also been devoted to questions of jus ex bello and jus post bellum. This literature asks how and when an…
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