The tragedy of justified war
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4444118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Neu (University of Brighton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 461-480 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0047117813483434 |
| OpenAlex | W2161172049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article examines and critiques the binary structure of contemporary just war thinking. Theorists claim that the waging of war, and the committing of military acts within war, is either just or unjust. This binary distinction should be tempered by the awareness that justified wars are tragic: tragic in the broad sense of inescapably involving moral wronging, but not necessarily tragic in the narrow sense of not having been preventable by the tragic agent himself or herself. Justified war situations that fail to be tragic in the narrow sense are inauthentic. If contemporary just war theorists were to explicitly recognise the tragedy of justified war in the broad sense, as well as the dangers of lacking authenticity, their theory might become less susceptible to abuse by political moralists
Common sense · Epistemology · Just war theory · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Tragedy (event) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |