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Iraq : the moral reckoning : applying just war theory to the 2003 war decision /

Iraq: The Moral Reckoning is an intensive application of the six classic just war theory criteria to the 2003 Iraq war decision, weighing information available at the time from a wide range of sources and concluding that the war met just one of the six, whereas a just war should meet all. It supplem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, Craig M., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Introducing just war theory
  • An old theory, today's and tomorrow's wars
  • How to apply the criteria, and who should do it
  • pt. 2. Applying the criteria
  • Sovereign authority
  • Just cause I : an armed, reckless regime that harbored terrorists
  • Just cause II : preemption, UN resolutions, and a new Iraq
  • Just cause III : the legal case
  • Right intention/the aim of peace
  • Proportionality of ends
  • Last resort
  • Reasonable chance of success
  • Replies to neo-conservative objections
  • pt. 3. Conclusion
  • Was it just? : evaluation and consequences.