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Just War Theory

Ηθική. Περιοδικό φιλοσοφίας, 2020
This article provides an overview of Just War Theory, examining the ethical justifications for armed conflict. The author distinguishes between the two primary pillars of the theory: jus ad bellum (the right to go to war) and jus in bello (right conduct within war). The discussion explores the historical and philosophical foundations of these concepts,
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Proportionality, Just War Theory and Weapons Innovation

Science and Engineering Ethics, 2008
Just wars are supposed to be proportional responses to aggression: the costs of war must not greatly exceed the benefits. This proportionality principle raises a corresponding 'interpretation problem': what are the costs and benefits of war, how are they to be determined, and a 'measurement problem': how are costs and benefits to be balanced?
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The Just War Theory and the Ethical Governance of Research

Science and Engineering Ethics, 2012
This article analyses current trends in and future expectations of nanotechnology and other key enabling technologies for security as well as dual use nanotechnology from the perspective of the ethical Just War Theory (JWT), interpreted as an instrument to increase the threshold for using armed force for solving conflicts. The aim is to investigate the
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War Crimes and Just War Theory

2019
Revisionist just war theory has gained considerable traction in recent years, debunking long-standing principles in the morality of war. This development cannot be ignored by war crimes lawyers. Philosophers on both sides of these debates as well as many lawyers understand the attacked principles to provide the moral underpinning of the contemporary ...
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The Gulf War and the Theory of Just War

1992
Abstract : Of all the creatures of the earth, only two--ants and men-- make war, and only man feels the need to justify it. Over the last two thousand years, a set of criteria for judging whether a war is just or not has emerged, first in the Christian West but then with the spread of European culture and secularization, throughout much of the world ...
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Conclusion In Defence of Just War Theory

2005
With varying degrees of sympathy and criticism, the chapters in this book have scrutinised some of the key elements of just war theory and have thereby demonstrated how central they have been in arguments about the justification of war and its conduct. Even where they have found serious flaws, one might see from them how the elements in question could ...
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Just War Theory and the IRA

Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1986
ABSTRACT The Irish Republican Army (IRA) sometimes claim that their violent actions are sanctioned by traditional just war doctrine. To what extent is this true? To answer this question it is necessary to have a clear grasp of the principles of just war and of the situation in Northern Ireland to which they are to be applied.
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Just War as a Theory, Just Peace as a Virtue

Studies in Christian Ethics
Pope Francis both grants the right to use armed force in self-defense and regards all war as ‘a defeat for humanity’. This seeming paradox can be explained by the fact that what is a theoretically just use of force (according to the criteria of just war theory) inevitably results in unjust violence when carried out in practice.
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An Axiomatic Theory of Just War

2017
This chapter defends the following thesis: forfeiture theory best explains just war. Specifically, it explains when a war is just and when it is morally permissible to kill people and break things. This theory has strong implications for who is liable to be killed.
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Just War Theory

2011
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