Rethinking the Just War Tradition: (SUNY series, Ethics and the Military Profession)

Contributors seek to promote reasoned debate about emerging security threats and potential military responses.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Michael W. Brough, John W. Lango, and Harry van der Linden Part I. THEORY 1. The Nature of War and Peace: Just War Thinking, Environmental Ethics, and Environmental Justice Mark Woods 2. Jus Post Bellum and International Conflict: Order, Justice, and Reconciliation Eric Patterson 3. Just War Theory and U.S. Military Hegemony Harry van der Linden 4. Generalizing and Temporalizing Just War Principles: Illustrated by the Principle of Just Cause John W. Lango Part II. NONCOMBATANTS AND COMBATANTS 5. Just War Theory and Killing the Innocent Frederik Kaufman 6. When Less Is Not More: Expanding the Combatant/Noncombatant Distinction Pauline Kaurin 7. Just War Theory and Child Soldiers Reuben Brigety II and Rachel Stohl 8. Dehumanization of the Enemy and the Moral Equality of Soldiers Michael W. Brough Part III. INTERVENTION AND LAW 9. Rethinking the Ban on Assassination: Just War Principles in the Age of Terror Whitley R. P. Kaufman 10. Preventive War and Lawful Constraints on the Use of Force: An Argument against International Vigilantism Jordy Rocheleau 11. Faith, Force, or Fellowship: The Future of Right Authority Hartley S. Spatt 12. Violent Civil Disobedience: Defending Human Rights, Rethinking Just War Robert W. Hoag Appendix Just War Principles: An Introduction with Further Reading Contributors Index

About the Author :
Michael W. Brough is a major in the United States Army. John W. Lango is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College, the City University of New York and the author of Whitehead's Ontology, also published by SUNY Press. Harry van der Linden is Professor of Philosophy at Butler University and the author of Kantian Ethics and Socialism.

Review :
"Readers seeking the correlation between military ethics and their professional lives will find this new addition to the State University of New York series on 'Ethics and the Military Profession' most enlightening and instructive." - Parameters "This book challenges the existing just war framework and offers some very interesting alternative ways of framing issues." - Martin L. Cook, author of The Moral Warrior: Ethics and Service in the U.S. Military "The contributors provide a broad overview of the issues confronting soldiers and policymakers in the twenty-first century and the difficulties presented by war and terrorism." - Jeffrey D. McCausland, author of "Squaring the Circle": Cooperative Security and Military Operations