The Ethics of War and Peace Revisited : Moral Challenges in an Era of Contested and Fragmented Sovereignty / Daniel R. Brunstetter and Jean-Vincent Holeindre, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brunstetter, Daniel R., editor.

Holeindre, Jean-Vincent, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Peace--Moral and ethical aspects.

Peace.

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2018]

Summary:

How do we frame decisions to use-or not use-military force? Who should do the killing? Do we need new paradigms to guide the use of force? And what does "victory" mean in contemporary conflict? In many ways, these are timeless questions. But they should be asked again in light of changing circumstances in the twenty-first century. The post-Cold War, post-9/11 world is one of contested and fragmented sovereignty. Contested because the norm of territorial integrity has shed some of its absolute nature. Fragmented because some states do not control all of their territory and cannot defeat violent groups operating within their borders. Humanitarian intervention, preventive war, and just war are all framing mechanisms aimed at convincing domestic and international audiences to go to war (or not), as well as to decide who is justified in legally and ethically killing. The international group of scholars assembled for this book critically examine these frameworks to ask if they are flawed, and if so, how they can be improved. Finally, the volume contemplates what all the killing and dying is for if victory may prove, ultimately, to be elusive.

Contents:

The ethics of war and peace in a world of contested and fragmented sovereignty / Daniel R. Brunstetter, Jean-Vincent Holeindre

Part I. What frames decisions to intervene?

Assessing (and learning from) the record of humanitarian intervention in the post-cold war era / Aidan Hehir

Recognition theory in humanitarian intervention / Thomas Lindemann, Alex Giacomelli

The moral justification of military intervention / Nigel Biggar

Making the world safe for preventive force : South Korea and the US precedent / Kerstin Fisk, Jennifer M. Ramos

France and the American drone precedent : a consequentialist response to a polemical critique / Jean-Baptiste Jeangene Vilmer

Part II. Who does the fighting?

A certain idea of grandeur : French military interventionism and postcolonial responsibility / Jean-Vincent Holeindre

The signs of the times : classical just war thinking, timing and the struggle against Jihadists / John Kelsay

Balancing security, risk, and uncertainty in a world of contested and fragmented sovereignty / John R. Emery

Pragmatism, the just war tradition, and an ethical approach to private military and security companies / Deborah Avant

Part III. Do we need new ethical frameworks?

Drones, honor, and fragmented sovereignty : the impact of new and emerging technology on the warrior's code / Shannon E. French

Victoria sisk / Caroline Bass

The purview of state-sponsored violence : law enforcement, just war, and the ethics of limited force / Daniel R. Brunstetter

Contesting sovereignty : human security as a new justification of war? / Frédéric Ramel

Part IV. Is victory really enough?

Jus post bellum, fractured sovereignty, and the limits of post-war rehabilitation / Brian Orend

After Disneyland : the (hollow) victory of just war / Cian O'Driscoll

Conclusion : towards the future of the ethics of war and peace / Daniel R. Brunstetter, Jean-Vincent Holeindre.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

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Includes index.

ISBN:

9781626165069

1626165068

OCLC:

973222663