Intervention, Terrorism, and Torture - Contemporary Challenges to Just War Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2007. Corr. 3rd printing 2007)

Just war theory is the traditional approach taken to questions of the morality of war, but war today is far from traditional. War has been deeply affected in recent years by a variety of social and technological developments in areas such as international terrorism, campaigns of genocide and ethnic cleansing, the global human rights movement, economic globalization, and military technology. This book asks whether just war theory is adequate to the challenges these developments pose. Just war theory provides rules for determining when it is justified to fight a war. But some have argued that the nature of contemporary war makes these rules obsolete. For example, genocidal and aggressive regimes may require the use of military force that is not strictly in self-defense, as just war theory requires. In addition, the theory provides rules for determining what the limits are on justified conduct in war.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice, 1
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	November 2006
Editors:	Steven P. Lee
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	323
Edition:	1st ed. 2007. Corr. 3rd printing 2007
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-4677-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
LSN:	1-4020-4677-4
Barcode:	9781402046773

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