Ukraine, ideology, and arms: Coming to terms with just war theory [PDF]
Filozofija i DruštvoThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has challenged the ideals of peace that I and many other left-wing critical intellectuals hold dear. By the end of the 18th century, Immanuel Kant argued that the realist law of peoples and the idea of just war ...
Sørensen Asger
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Scriptural Justification for the American Revolution [PDF]
, 2017 This thesis will seek to examine the intention of the Founding Fathers regarding their decision to break from England in what became the American Revolution.
Ewing, Samuel
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The Islamic law of war: justifications and regulations [Book Review] [PDF]
, 2012 This article reviews the book 'The Islamic law of war: justifications and regulations', by Ahmed Al ...
Drury, Abdullah
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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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After Guantanamo: War, Crime, and Detention [PDF]
, 2004 Neither the law of war nor the criminal law, alone or in combination, provides an adequate legal structure for responding to the most serious threats posed by Al Qaeda and similar groups.
Eberhard, Frances A. +2 more
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“MLK's functional philosophy of non‐violence”
Dialog, Volume 63, Issue 1-2, Page 52-60, Spring-Summer 2024.Abstract The fact that Martin Luther King, Jr. held a moral philosophy of non‐violence is well known. What is less familiar is that he made various exceptions to his prohibitions on violence. Given the absolute language he often used in condemning violent acts, he can give the impression of inconsistency in his ethics. The reality, however, is that his
Jeffrey K. Mann
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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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Refusal of orders: The case of William Douglas Home [PDF]
, 1998 Based largely on the William Douglas Home court martial documents of 1944 and the three autobiographies that Douglas Home wrote, this article is an examination of the widely accepted principle that soldiers who are given orders that are ‘manifestly ...
Smith, Ron C.
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Just war and military morale: a brief reflection on the correlation between the legality of war and the moral repercussions for members of US and UK forces arising from the questionable legality of the campaign Iraqi Freedom of March 2003 [PDF]
, 2011 Does it matter to a member of the military whether the military campaign in which he is taking part is lawful or not? Despite the observation that the crime of aggression (post Kampala 2010) constitutes a ‘leadership crime par excellence,’ which ...
C Gray +8 more
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Not just war by other means: Cross‐border engagement as political struggle
Constellations, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 661-677, December 2024.
Lucia M. Rafanelli
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