The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War

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ID24207965
EditorsSeth Lazar (0000-0001-5378-6033, Philosophy, Australian National University), Helen Frowe (0000-0003-4754-6847, Philosophy, Stockholm University)
Year2018
Pages576
Publication date2018-03-29
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199943418.001.0001
ISBN9780199943418
Open LibraryOL30597672M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest-among philosophers, legal scholars, and military experts-in the ethics of war. This resurgence of interest has multiple causes: escalating and persistent conflicts around the globe over the last 20 years; the growth of new forms of unconventional and asymmetrical warfare; and the appearance of new issues like targeted killings and drones. Much of the most exciting theoretical and applied research over this time has radically called into question traditional modes of just war theory. This Oxford Handbook offers a guide to thinking through the ethics of war. It has two aims: to present chapters that introduce the reader to a broad range of the central topics in just war theory, and to make significant advances in each of those debates. The first section focuses on methodology; the second section on historical just war theory in the Western tradition. The remaining sections are structured according to the traditional categories of jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum - Resort, Conduct, and Aftermath. The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War aims to set the terms of the debate around this essential topic for the coming decade.

Moral and ethical aspects · War · War (philosophy) · War, moral and ethical aspects

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