The Ethics of Preventive War

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-521-76568-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

In this book, eleven leading theorists debate the normative challenges of preventive war through the lens of important public and political issues of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Their discussion covers complex and topical subjects including terrorism, the 'Bush doctrine' and the invasion of Iraq, Iran's nuclear capabilities, superpower unilateralism and international war tribunals. They examine the moral conundrum of preventive intervention and emphasize the need for a stronger and more effective international legal and political order and a corresponding re-evaluation of the normative status of international law. Together their essays form a challenging and timely volume that will be of interest to scholars in ethics and political philosophy, political theory, international relations, international law and peace studies and to general readers interested in the broader issues of peace and justice in the new world order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chatterjee, Deen K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Part I. Conceptual, Normative, and Methodological Terrains: 2. Prevention, pre-emption and other conundrums Jean Bethke Elshtain; 3. After Caroline: NSS 2002, practical judgement and the politics and ethics of pre-emption Chris Brown; 4. The case for preventive war George Lucas, Jr; Part II. International Law: 5. Does international law make a moral difference?: The case of preventive war Michael Blake; 6. Threat diplomacy in world politics: legal, moral, political, and civilizational challenges Richard Falk; 7. Preventive war and trials of aggression Larry May; Part III. Critiques of Preventive War: 8. The conditions of liability to preventive attack Jeff McMahan; 9. Are preventive wars always wrong? Stephen Nathanson; 10. Ethics and legality: US prevention in Iran Alex Newton; Part IV. Beyond Preventive War: Exploring Other Options: 11. Preventive violence: terrorism and humanitarian intervention Tony Coady; 12. Enough about just war, what about just peace?: The doctrine of preventive non-intervention Deen Chatterjee.

Über Autor(innen)

Chatterjee, Deen K.
Deen K. Chatterjee is the Senior Advisor and Professorial Fellow of Justice and Global Initiative in the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah and the editor-in-chief of the two-volume Encyclopedia of Global Justice and the series editor of Studies in Global Justice. His publications include Democracy in a Global World: Human Rights and Political Participation in the 21st Century (2007), Ethics of Assistance: Morality and the Distant Needy (2004) and, with Don E. Scheid, Ethics and Foreign Intervention (2003).