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Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition / Christian Nikolaus Braun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braun, Christian Nikolaus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Limited war.
- Just war doctrine.
- War.
- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
- Thomas.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "One of the most contentious developments in contemporary international affairs has been the increase in uses of force-short-of-war, such as targeted killings, limited airstrikes, and no-fly zones. On the one hand, uses of force-short-of-war appear more compartmentalized and containable, but on the other hand, they have encouraged a more frequent recourse to arms. How, then, are we to make moral sense of this shift toward the small-scale uses of force? This debate has divided just-war theorists, but author Christian Nikolaus Braun offers a new perspective. He evaluates comprehensively the ethics framework jus ad vim (the just use of force-short-of-war) as a pillar of just war theory and as a practical matter of deciding when military interventions below the level of war can and cannot be justified. The book's moral argument will rely on a historical reading of the just-war thought of Thomas Aquinas"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition
- The Neoclassical Just War as Third Way
- Recapturing Casuistry for Just War Thinking
- Why Aquinas?
- Aquinas on the Authority to Wage War
- Aquinas on Just Cause and Right Intention
- The Cases : Targeted Killing
- Targeted Killing : Casuistical Investigation and General Argument
- The Cases : Limited Strikes to Enforce International Norms
- Limited Strikes : Casuistical Investigation and General Argument.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781647123437
- 1647123437
- OCLC:
- 1375998180
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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