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Moral Constraints on War Principles and Cases

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739104378

  • ISBN10:

    0739104373

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-11-22
  • Publisher: Lexington Books

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Summary

Moral Constraints on War offers a principle-by-principle presentation of the transcultural roots of the ethics of war in an age defined by the increasingly international nature of military intervention.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Bruno Coppieters
Nick Fotion
Introduction 1(24)
Nick Fotion
Bruno Coppieters
Ruben Apressyan
Realism
Militarism
Pacifism
Just War Theory
Questions of Terminology: Justice, War, and Theory
PART I Jus ad Bellum
Just Cause
25(16)
Carl Ceulemans
A General Approach
Self-Defense
The Defense of Others
Conclusion
Legitimate Authority
41(18)
Bruno Coppieters
Background
Collaborationist Regimes
Revolutionary Movements
The Security System of the United Nations
Anticolonial Struggles
Secession
Conclusion
Right Intentions
59(20)
Bruno Coppieters
Boris Kashnikov
Introduction
Subjectivity of Intentions
The Philosophical Debate
Testing the Principle of Right Intentions
The Indian--Pakistani War of 1971: A Case of Humanitarian Intervention?
Hitler's Occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938: A Case of Humanitarian Intervention?
Hitler's Occupation of Poland in September 1939
The Soviet Intervention in Poland in September 1939
Likelihood of Success
79(12)
Nick Fotion
Bruno Coppieters
Problems
Luxembourg, 1940
Belgium, 1940
Thailand, 1940 and 1941
Cuba in the 1950s
Mini and Maxi
Czechoslovakia, 1968
Proportionality
91(10)
Nick Fotion
A Relational Principle
Luxembourg and Belgium Again
Mini and Maxi Again
Divergence between Success and Proportionality Principles
Last Resort
101(28)
Bruno Coppieters
Ruben Apressyan
Carl Ceulemans
Introduction
The Soviet--Japanese War of 1939
The Soviet--Finnish War of 1939--1940
The United Nations, International Security Organizations, and Multilateral Diplomacy
Nuclear Crisis Management: The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
The UN Security Council and the Threat of the Use of Force: Bosnia, 1992--1995
The UN Security Council and the Use of Economic Sanctions
PART II Jus in Bello
A Historical Overview of the Jus in Bello Constraints
Guy Van Damme
Proportionality
129(12)
Guy Van Damme
Nick Fotion
Underlying Assumptions
The Conduct of War
Nuclear Arms
Biological Arms
The Principle of Double Effect
Conclusion
Discrimination
141(20)
Anthony Hartle
Introduction
Noncombatant Immunity
Nuclear Weapons
Land Mines
Targeting
Contemporary Challenges
PART III Cases
The Gulf War, 1990--1991
161(44)
Anthony Hartle
War Begins
Jus ad Bellum
Jus in Bello
The First Chechen War, 1994--1996
177
Boris Kashnikov
Bruno Coppieters
Chechnya: People and History
Just Cause
Last Resort
Right Intentions
Legitimate Authority
Likelihood of Success
Proportionality (ad Bellum)
The Principles of Proportionality (in Bello) and Discrimination
Conclusion
The NATO Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis: March--June 1999
205(24)
Carl Ceulemans
Presentation of the Case
Just Cause
Right Intentions
Legitimate Authority
Last Resort
Likelihood of Success
Proportionality (ad Bellum)
Discrimination
Proportionality (in Bello)
Conclusion
NATO's Intervention in the Kosovo Crisis: Whose Justice?
229(18)
Boris Kashnikov
Just Cause?
Legitimate Authority?
Right Intentions?
Likelihood of Success?
Last Resort?
Proportionality (ad Bellum)?
Winning Ugly: Discrimination and Proportionality (in Bello)
Conclusion
After Kosovo: Moral and Legal Constraints on Humanitarian Intervention
247(18)
Shi Yinhong
Shen Zhixiong
The Concept: Humanitarian Intervention
Political Reasons and Ethical/Legal Basis for Humanitarian Intervention
The Necessity of Strict Limitations
The Conditions to be Fulfilled
Conclusion
The Military Response of the U.S.-Led Coalition to the September 11 Attacks
265(28)
Carl Ceulemans
Presentation of the Case
Just Cause
Right Intentions
Last Resort
Likelihood of Success
Proportionality (ad Bellum)
Legitimate Authority
Proportionality (in Bello)
Discrimination
Conclusion
Concluding Comments
293(16)
Nick Fotion
Bruno Coppieters
Realism, Pacifism, and Militarism Revisited
Just War Theory and Excessive Optimism
Excessive Pessimism
A Universal Theory?
Index 309(10)
About the Contributors 319

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