Ending Wars Justly - Theory and Applications

This volume features original essays on the ethics of ending wars (jus ex bello). It fills a significant gap in just war theory and sets the stage for other thinkers to engage with the topic.

List of contents

Introduction David K. Chan Part 1: Theories of War Endings 1. Beginning the End: Unilateral vs. Collaborative Conceptions of War Termination Ethics Yvonne Chiu 2. Wars to Stop Aggression and to End Genocide: Beyond Just Endings David K. Chan 3. Victor's Justice and the Myth of Ending Wars Justly Andrew Fiala 4. Bodies that are "Ready-to-Politics": A Feminist Approach to Jus Ex Bello Jennifer Kling 5. Endless War and the Ideologies of War Cheyney Ryan Part 2: Reflections on Ukraine and Afghanistan 6. Ending Wars and the Problem of Moral Hazard Elad Uzan 7. Just War Continuation and Just War Exit in Afghanistan Jordy Rocheleau 8. The Afghanistan War and Jus Post Bellum: A Look at Three Milestones for Peace and Security Eric Patterson 9. Meaningful Lives and Meaningful Deaths: Narrative Values and the Retreat from Afghanistan Michael Blake

About the author

David K. Chan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Beyond Just War: A Virtue Ethics Approach (2012), and Action Reconceptualized: Human Agency and Its Sources (2016), and the editor of Moral Psychology Today: Essays on Values, Rational Choice, and the Will (2008).

Product details

• Authors: David K. (University of Alabama At Birmingha Chan
• Assisted by: David K. Chan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032593074
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259307-4
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, military history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Warfare and defence, Armed Conflict