Oxford Handbook of Ethics of War

The 28 commissioned chapters in this volume present a comprehensive overview of the ethics of war as well as make significant and novel contributions.

List of contents

• Introduction: The Ethics of War Helen Frowe and Seth Lazar


• Part I: Method


• 1. Method in the Morality of War Seth Lazar


• 2. The Just War Framework Helen Frowe


• 3. Historiography of Just War Theory Gregory Reichberg


• 4. Deep Morality and the Laws of War Jeremy Waldron


• Part II: History


• 5. The Ethics of War up to Thomas Aquinas Rory Cox


• 6. Late Scholastic Just War Theory Daniel Schwartz


• 7. Early Modern Sources of the Regular War Tradition Pablo Kalmanovitz


• Part III: Resort


• 8. A Richer Jus ad Bellum Allen Buchanan


• 9. Knowing When Not to Fight David Luban


• 10. National Defence and Political Independence David Mapel


• 11. Humanitarian Intervention and the Modern State System Patrick Emerton and Toby Handfield


• 12. Territorial Rights and National Defence Anna Stilz


• 13. Last Resort and Proportionality Henry Shue


• 14. Pacifism Cheyney Ryan


• 15. Legitimate Authority in War Yitzhak Benbaji


• 16. Civil War and Revolution Jonathan Parry


• Part IV: Conduct


• 17. The Moral Equality of Combatants Christian Barry and Lars Christie


• 18. Noncombatant Immunity and War-Profiteering Saba Bazargan


• 19. Human Shields Adil Haque


• 20. Dimensions of Intentions: Ways of Killing in War Victor Tadros


• 21. Proportionality and Necessity in Jus in Bello Jeff McMahan


• 22. Terrorism Suzanne Uniacke


• 23. Torture: Rescue, Prevention, and Punishment Frances Kamm


• 24. Drones and robots: On the Changing Practice of Warfare Danny Statman


• 25. Ending Wars Darrel Moellendorf


• Part V: Aftermath


• 26. War's Aftermath and the Ethics of War Cécile Fabre


• 27. Justice after War Jens David Ohlin


• 28. Reconciliation and Reparations Catherine Lu

About the author

Seth Lazar is Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University.

Helen Frowe is Professor of Practical Philosophy and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm University, where she directs the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace.

Summary

The 28 commissioned chapters in this volume present a comprehensive overview of the ethics of war as well as make significant and novel contributions.

Product details

• Authors: Seth (Associate Professor and Senior Resear Lazar
• Assisted by: Frowe (Editor), Lazar (Editor), Helen Frowe (Editor), Helen (Professor of Practical Philosophy and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Academy Fellow Frowe (Editor), Frowe Helen (Editor), Seth Lazar (Editor), Seth (Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow Lazar (Editor), Lazar Seth (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780197511794
• ISBN: 978-0-19-751179-4
• No. of pages: 592
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy