The Ethics of War and Peace Revisited: Moral Challenges in an Era of Contested and Fragmented Sovereignty

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Daniel R. Brunstetter, Jean-Vincent Holeindre
Georgetown University Press, 2018 - History - 336 pages
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

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