How Violence Breeds Violence
Some Utilitarian Considerations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6352967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie Calhoun |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-108 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9256.00164 |
| OpenAlex | W2056737436 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
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 particular decisions to engage states in war. When consequences are weighed fully not only in the short term but with an eye to the future, bearing the destiny of all people in mind, it emerges that belligerent approaches to international conflict resolution will not maximise utility
Belligerent · Conflict resolution · Criminology · Destiny (ISS module · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Just war theory · Political science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Military History and Strategy · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2012 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |