War and individual rights : the foundations of just war theory / Kai Draper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Draper, Kai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Just war doctrine.

War (Philosophy).

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 254 pages)

Other Title:

Foundations of just war theory

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study begins with the assumption that individual rights exist and stand as moral obstacles to the pursuit of national, no less than personal, interests. That assumption might seem to demand a pacifist rejection of all war, for any sustained war effort requires military operations that predictably kill many non-combatants, most of whom presumably have a right not to be killed. Yet the book concludes that sometimes recourse to war is justified. Its argument relies on the insights of John Locke to develop and defend a framework of rights to serve as the foundation for a new just war theory.

Contents:

A Lockean framework of rights

Rights and harm

Liability to defense

Necessity and proportionality in defense

Liberating just war theory from double effect

The rights of innocent bystanders

How to justify waging war

The scope of liability in war

Citizenship and liability.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-046367-8

0-19-938891-1

0-19-938890-3