Australian National University
3500 word entry on the state of contemporary just war theory, used in two recent Oxford Companions. Due out this year I think.
Like this paper on necessity in self-defence and war, this essay on the necessity-based argument for noncombatant immunity grew out of an earlier project. It’s currently under review. Introduction follows.
This paper grew out of a working paper I wrote in summer 2010. It attempts an analysis of the concept of necessity as it applies in self-defence and war–too often philosophers assume that necessity is either unimportant or immediately perspicuous; but it is neither. Read on for the introduction. This paper is currently under review, and is part of a broader project on Necessity and Noncombatant Immunity, along with this paper and this one. Continue reading »
My working paper on the aftermath of war has led to a publication in a volume edited by Larry May with Andrew Forcehimes, to be published in June 2012, by Cambridge University Press. The book is called Morality, Jus Post Bellum and International Law, you can read about it here.
Here’s the introduction:
6000 word entry focusing on the discussion of war in contemporary analytical philosophy. Distinguishes that approach from historical just war theory because of the former’s overriding emphasis on the importance of individual human rights to the ethics of war. Characterises Walzer’s principal contributions to jus ad bellum and jus in bello as his orientation of those questions around human rights: we may fight to protect fundamental rights, but in doing so we must not violate others’ rights. Identifies the principal criticisms of Walzer’s elaboration of these themes, but notes that few critics question whether it is really possible to render the ethics of war consistent with individual rights in this way. Indicates the possible direction of travel for those who think that a rights-respecting war is an unattainable ideal. Invited submission for the Wiley Blackwell International Encyclopaedia of Ethics. Publication has been delayed, but there is some promise of the 9 volume megalith hitting the shelves in 2012 (see here for more).
Paper for the new Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Law, edited by Andrei Marmor. Publication scheduled for March 2012.
Extract from the conclusion: