Limited Force and the Fight for the Just War Tradition / / Christian Nikolaus Braun.
"One of the most contentious developments in contemporary international affairs has been the increase in uses of force-short-of-war, such as targeted killings, limited airstrikes, and no-fly zones. On the one hand, uses of force-short-of-war appear more compartmentalized and containable, but on...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Washington, DC : : Georgetown University Press,, [2023] ©[2023] |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages). |
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| Summary: | "One of the most contentious developments in contemporary international affairs has been the increase in uses of force-short-of-war, such as targeted killings, limited airstrikes, and no-fly zones. On the one hand, uses of force-short-of-war appear more compartmentalized and containable, but on the other hand, they have encouraged a more frequent recourse to arms. How, then, are we to make moral sense of this shift toward the small-scale uses of force? This debate has divided just-war theorists, but author Christian Nikolaus Braun offers a new perspective. He evaluates comprehensively the ethics framework jus ad vim (the just use of force-short-of-war) as a pillar of just war theory and as a practical matter of deciding when military interventions below the level of war can and cannot be justified. The book's moral argument will rely on a historical reading of the just-war thought of Thomas Aquinas"-- |
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| ISBN: | 1647123437 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Christian Nikolaus Braun. |