Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23604154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Nardin (0000-0002-7613-0632, National University of Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Contemporary Political Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198717133.013.26 |
| OpenAlex | W2266029162 |
| ISBN | 9780198717133 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Michael Walzer’s Just and Unjust Wars remains the standard account of just war theory despite the criticism it has received. Much of that criticism denies the political character of just war discourse by substituting general moral principles for principles generated in reflecting on the use of military force. It challenges Walzer’s view of the relationship between morality and politics and his conclusions about the moral standing of states, the moral equality of soldiers, the moral basis of humanitarian intervention, and the limits of morality in emergencies. Instead of providing a foundational argument, the book reconstructs a tradition of discourse that transcends particular contexts because of the range of historical experience on which it draws. The critics raise genuine issues but their objections do not undermine the book’s argument. That argument stands in a complex relationship with political realism, which it rejects in some ways and embraces in others.
Argument (complex analysis) · Character (mathematics) · Criticism · Epistemology · Morality · Political science · Politics · Realism · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |