Morality & contemporary warfare /

"When is the use of military force by a nation morally justified? Why has the long accepted moral requirement to protect civilians from intentional attack eroded in recent years? How can the tendency toward unrestrained warfare between parties with major cultural differences be controlled? In t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, James Turner
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Temas:
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
Guerre > Aspect moral.
Conflits de basse intensité.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Oorlogvoering.
Ethische aspecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Politics, power, and the international order
  • Conditions for just resort to armed force: just cause, competent authority, and right intention in historical and contemporary context
  • The question of intervention
  • War against noncombatants
  • Conflicts inflamed by cultural difference
  • War crimes and reconciliation after conflict
  • Conclusion: reshaping and affirming a consensus on the purposes and limits of war.

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