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War, Morality, and Autonomy - An Investigation in Just War Theory (Paperback)
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War, Morality, and Autonomy - An Investigation in Just War Theory (Paperback)
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Just War Theory is the governing moral doctrine for all of the
major democratic militaries and indeed beyond. This book is a close
study of a critical component of Just War theory, the moral status
of noncombatants. In this post September 11th, 2001 time of
cascading unconventional or 'dirty' wars, issues of treatment of
noncombatants - whether as incidental casualties during grey area
operations or as prisoners swept up by preventative security
measures - have resonance across national lines. Whether or not the
democracies and other states pursue their national security
interests within the limits of Just War reasoning and laws, or
break out of these limits in prosecuting war and security measures
against terrorist organizations, is one of the top security issues
of the day. Zupan examines the flaws that this complex body of
moral reasoning often exhibits, arguing that many of the
shortcomings of Just War theory can be resolved using Kantian
methodology and the theory of autonomy. According to this
conception, human beings have unconditional worth which imposes
moral constraints upon the actions of other human beings. From this
understanding Zupan generates principles that serve as moral
guidelines for the use of force which establish a presumption
against harming any human being and greatly restrict the conditions
under which we may justify any unintended, collateral harm that may
affect those who do not intend our harm. Considering the work of
moral theorists such as Onora O'Neill, T. M. Scanlon, Michael
Walzer, Paul Christopher and G. E. M. Anscombe and such issues as
the Doctrine of Double Effect, autonomy and supreme emergency,
Zupan concludes that if we ever are justified in targeting the
innocent, it will only be under very rare conditions where the
innocent themselves should accept the principle that permitted
their being killed.
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