Ethics, authority, and war : non-state actors and the just war tradition / edited by Eric A. Heinze and Brent J. Steele.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heinze, Eric.

Steele, Brent J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Just war doctrine.

Humanitarian intervention--Moral and ethical aspects.

Humanitarian intervention.

Physical Description:

xv, 287 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

In original essays written by both senior scholars as well as rising younger scholars in the field of international ethics, this volume addresses the ethics of war in an era when non-state actors are playing an increasingly prominent role in armed conflict. Central to this concern is the issue of whether, or under what conditions, non-state actors can be said to have the “authority” to participate in war. The contributors therefore explore and analyze the problems with, and possibilities for, incorporating non-state actors into the traditionally state-centric moral vocabulary about war-namely the just war tradition.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Non-state Actors and the Just War Tradition / Eric A. Heinze, Brent J. Steele 1

2 From Versailles to 9/11: Non-state Actors and Just War in the Twentieth Century / Cian O'Driscoll 21

3 Authority and the Problem of Non-state Actors / Anthony F. Lang 47

4 What Happened to Punishment in the Just War Tradition? / Harry D. Gould 73

5 War Crimes Trials and the Just War Tradition / Michael J. Struett 101

6 Private Military Companies, Just War, and Humanitarian Intervention / Eric A. Heinze 123

7 Gender, Just War, and Non-state Actors / Laura Sjoberg 151

8 "Justice is Conscience": Hizbollah, Israel, and the Perversity of Just War / Brent J. Steele, Jacque L. Amoureux 177

9 Jus Post Bellum, Peacebuilding, and Non-state Actors: Lessons from Afghanistan / Melissa Labonte 205

10 Conclusion: Elusive Distinctions, Epochal Changes / Nicholas Onuf 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230616745

0230616747

OCLC:

268792624