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Just War and the Indian Tradition: Arguments from the Battlefield [PDF]

, 2019
A famous Indian argument for jus ad bellum and jus in bello is presented in literary form in the Mahābhārata: it involves events and dynamics between moral conventionalists (who attempt to abide by ethical theories that give priority to the good) and ...
Ranganathan, Shyam
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When May Soldiers Participate in War? [PDF]

, 2016
I shall argue that in some wars both sides are (as a collective) justified, that is, they can both satisfy valid jus ad bellum requirements. Moreover, in some wars – but not in all – the individual soldiers on the unjustified side (that is, on the side ...
Steinhoff, Uwe
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Environmental Just Wars: Jus ad Bellum and the Natural Environment

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 620-638, May 2025.
ABSTRACT War is bad for the environment, yet the environmental ramifications of warfare have not been widely addressed by just war theorists and revisionist philosophers of war. The law and legal scholars have paid more attention to protecting nature during armed conflict.
Tamar Meisels
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The Baltic states should adopt the self-defence pinpricks doctrine: the “accumulation of events” threshold as a deterrent to Russian hybrid warfare

Journal on Baltic Security, 2017
This article addresses a key legal debate that the Baltic NATO members ought to engage in: what constitutes an “armed attack” and what interpretation should be made of this concept in order to deter recent Russian hybrid warfare strategies.
Nader Philippe Bou
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New Paradigms for the Jus ad Bellum? [PDF]

, 2006
I am delighted to be here today to honor Ed Cummings, a wonderful colleague and a source of great wisdom for so many of us. I first worked with Ed in the Legal Adviser\u27s Office in the late 1980s. More than fifteen years later, Ed is still the person I
Stromseth, Jane E.
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Virtuous leadership: Ambiguities, challenges, and precedents

Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 4-5, Page 566-581, October 2024.
Abstract Virtuous leadership is the focus of a growing body of academic literature but is little discussed by contemporary philosophers. Current treatments tend to over‐generalisation: assimilating diverse features to a few broad categories and applying simplified ethical theories.
John Haldane
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Nuclear Threats Under International Law Part II: Applying the Law

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Throughout the nuclear age, states have made a wide array of threats to use nuclear weapons. There is, however, often little clarity as to whether such threats are legal or illegal under international law. This article is the second in a two-part series,
Anna Hood, Monique Cormier
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The Ethics Of Unwinnable War [PDF]

, 2017
According to just war theory, military campaigns should only be fought as a last resort, with the goal of correcting a grave evil, and where there is a high probability of success. But what happens when a military campaign unravels and becomes unwinnable?
Tierney, Dominic
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Law, political economy and war reparation: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Law &Policy, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 170-196, April 2024.
Abstract What are the after‐effects of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian (BH) transition from a post‐socialist, post‐genocide, and post‐ethno‐nationalist state into a European liberal democracy? This article makes a case for war reparation and argues that while poverty reduction has not been among the stated aims of transitional justice mechanisms, it is of
Alma Begicevic
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The ethics of voluntary ethics standards

Business and Society Review, Volume 129, Issue 1, Page 50-71, Spring 2024.
Abstract Many nongovernmental forms of business regulation aim at reducing ethical violations in commerce. We argue that such nongovernmental ethics standards, while often laudable, raise their own ethical challenges. In particular, when such standards place burdens upon vulnerable market participants (often, though not always, SMEs), they do so ...
Hasko von Kriegstein, Chris MacDonald
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