War, Conflict and Ethics
About the Book Series
Ethical judgments are relevant to all phases of protracted violent conflict and inter-state war. Before, during, and after the tumult, martial forces are guided, in part, by their sense of morality for assessing whether an action is (morally) right or wrong, an event has good and/or bad consequences, and an individual (or group) is inherently virtuous or evil. This new book series focuses on the morality of decisions by military and political leaders to engage in violence and the normative underpinnings of military strategy and tactics in the prosecution of the war.
Just American Wars: Ethical Dilemmas in U.S. Military History
1st Edition
By Eric Patterson
September 27, 2018
This book examines the moral choices faced by U.S. political and military leaders in deciding when and how to employ force, from the American Revolution to the present day. Specifically, the book looks at discrete ethical dilemmas in various American conflicts from a just war perspective. For ...
Just War Thinkers: From Cicero to the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel R. Brunstetter, Cian O’Driscoll
August 21, 2017
This volume offers a set of concise and accessible introductions to the seminal figures in the historical development of the just war tradition. In what, if any, circumstances are political communities justified in going to war? And what limits should apply to the conduct of any such war? The just...
Contemporary Just War: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
By Tamar Meisels
August 16, 2017
This book offers a renewed defense of traditional just war theory and considers its application to certain contemporary cases, particularly in the Middle East. The first part of the book addresses and responds to the central theoretical criticisms levelled at traditional just war theory. It offers...
Civilians and Modern War: Armed Conflict and the Ideology of Violence
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Rothbart, Karina Korostelina, Mohammed Cherkaoui
July 27, 2017
This book explores the issue of civilian devastation in modern warfare, focusing on the complex processes that effectively establish civilians’ identity in times of war. Underpinning the physicality of war’s tumult are structural forces that create landscapes of civilian vulnerability. Such forces...
Ethics, Norms and the Narratives of War: Creating and Encountering the Enemy Other
1st Edition
By Pamela Creed
May 22, 2017
This book examines the ethics and values that render a war discourse normative, and features the stories of American soldiers who fought in the Iraq War to show how this narrative can change. The invasion of Iraq, launched in March 2003, was led by the United States under the now discredited claim...
Chinese Just War Ethics: Origin, Development, and Dissent
1st Edition
Edited
By Ping-Cheung Lo, Sumner B Twiss
February 01, 2017
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of warfare ethics in early China as well as its subsequent development. Chinese attitudes toward war are rich and nuanced, ranging across amoral realism, defensive just war, humanitarian intervention, and mournful skepticism. Covering the five ...
Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War
1st Edition
By William Shaw
February 17, 2016
This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical issues involved in war. Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if ever, are we morally justified in waging war, and if recourse to arms is warranted, how are we permitted to ...
Armed Drones and the Ethics of War: Military virtue in a post-heroic age
1st Edition
By Christian Enemark
May 21, 2015
This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles (‘hunter-killer drones’) in contemporary conflicts. The American way of war is trending away from the heroic and towards the post-heroic, driven by a political preference for air-powered management of strategic ...