Environmental Ethics of War

This Element examines how the environmental crisis should challenge and change the rules of war. It discusses some of the most pressing practical ethics issues of our times, suggesting that grave environmental transgressions should be combatted by measures that do not themselves cause disproportionate harm to nature.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Protecting the natural environment during armed conflict - Environmental Jus in Bello; 2. Environmental just wars - Jus ad Bellum and the natural environment; 3. Environmental ethics in civil wars; 4. Environmental terrorism; References.

Product details

• Authors: Tamar (Tel-Aviv University) Meisels, Meisels Tamar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781009622691
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0962269-1
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in International Relations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social issues & processes, Social impact of environmental issues, Social and ethical issues, Modern warfare, Environmentalist thought and ideology, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Civil wars