The ethics of war and peace revisited : moral challenges in an era of contested and fragmented sovereignty / Daniel R. Brunstetter and Jean-Vincent Holeindre, editors.
Introduction : The ethics of war and peace in a world of contested and fragmented sovereignty / Daniel R. Brunstetter and 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 and Alex Giacomelli -- The moral justification of military intervention / Nigel Biggar -- Making the world safe for preventive force : India, South Korea, and the US precedent / Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer M. Ramos -- France and the American drone precedent : a consequentialist response to a polemical critique / Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer -- Part II. Who does the fighting? : and who, consequently, bears the risk of dying?. Pragmatism, the just war tradition, and an ethical approach to private military and security companies / Deborah Avant -- A certain idea of grandeur : French military interventionism and postcolonial responsibility / Jean-Vincent Holeindre -- The signs of the times : classical just war thinking and the struggle against Jihadists / John Kelsay -- Balancing security, risk, and uncertainty in a world of contested and fragmented sovereignty / John R. Emery -- 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, and 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, contested and fractured sovereignty, and the limits of postwar 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 and Jean-Vincent Holeindre.
Summary:
How do we frame decisions to use-or not use-military force? Who should do the killing? Do we need new paradigms to guide the use of force? And what does "victory" mean in contemporary conflict? In many ways, these are timeless questions. But they should be asked again in light of changing circumstances in the twenty-first century. The post-Cold War, post-9/11 world is one of contested and fragmented sovereignty. Contested because the norm of territorial integrity has shed some of its absolute nature. Fragmented because some states do not control all of their territory and cannot defeat violent groups operating within their borders. Humanitarian intervention, preventive war, and just war are all framing mechanisms aimed at convincing domestic and international audiences to go to war (or not), as well as to decide who is justified in legally and ethically killing. The international group of scholars assembled for this book critically examine these frameworks to ask if they are flawed, and if so, how they can be improved. Finally, the volume contemplates what all the killing and dying is for if victory may prove, ultimately, to be elusive.
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