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| Variant title |
Ethics of twenty-first century military conflict |
| Variant title |
Ethics of XXI century military conflict |
| Contents |
Part 1. Theories of war -- War and massacre / by Thomas Nagel -- The case for pacifism / by Richard Norman -- Morality and foreign policy / by George F. Kennan -- The triumph of just war theory and the dangers of success / by Michael Walzer -- Part 2. Going to war : jus ad bellum. Jus ad bellum #1 : resisting aggression / by Brian Orend -- The legalist paradigm / by Michael Walzer -- The slippery slope to preventative war / by Neta C. Crawford -- Intervention and state failure / by Michael Ignatieff -- Part 3. Who merits protection in warfare? Jus in bello. Mr. Truman's degree / by G.E.M. Anscombe -- Supreme emergencies and the protection of non-combatants in war / by Alex J. Bellamy -- Human rights, command responsibility, and Walzer's just war theory / by James M. Dubik -- Use of civilians as human shields / by Emanuel Gross -- Part 4. Who makes up the fighting forces? A sketch of some arguments for conscription / by William A. Galston -- In defence of mercenarism / by Cécile Fabre -- The paradox of riskless warfare / by Paul W. Kahn -- How just could a robot war be? / by Peter M. Asaro -- Part 5. Absolute prohibitions : terrorism and torture. Terrorism and war / by Virginia Held -- Is terrorism morally distinctive? / by Samuel Scheffler -- The case for torture warrants / by Alan M. Dershowitz -- 'Enhanced' to the point of torture / by Aryeh Neier. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2012012706 |
| ISBN | 9781617700415 |
| ISBN | 161770041X |
