Revisionist just war theory

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Revisionist just war theory is a development of just war theory that, unlike traditional just war theory, seeks to integrate jus ad bellum and jus in bello, therefore rejecting many traditional beliefs such as moral equality of combatants.[1][2] Revisionists argue that international law is at best a pragmatic fiction—it lacks deeper moral foundations.[3]

Additionally, the distinctive methodologies associated with the use of nuclear weapons to wage mass war in the modern era, have also led some "nonreductive" revisionists question the relevance the just war theory itself.[4] Such particular criticisms are more limited in scope, however, than the generalized objections which have been raised by both realists and pacifists.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Jesse (2022). "Moral Injury and Revisionist Just War Theory". Ethics & International Affairs. 36 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1017/S0892679422000041.
  2. ^ Chehtman, Alejandro (2018). "Revisionist Just War Theory and the Concept of War Crimes". Leiden Journal of International Law. 31 (1): 171–194. doi:10.1017/S0922156517000498. hdl:11336/74488.
  3. ^ Lazar, Seth (2017-05-11). "Just War Theory: Revisionists Versus Traditionalists". Annual Review of Political Science. 20: 37–54. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-060314-112706. ISSN 1094-2939.
  4. ^ Lazar, Seth (2017-05-11). "Just War Theory: Revisionists Versus Traditionalists". Annual Review of Political Science. 20: 37–54. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-060314-112706. ISSN 1094-2939.
  5. ^ Boylan, Michael,Ed. of Ethics, "Just War Theory", Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on iep.utm.edu
  6. ^ Lazar, Seth, "War", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2020/entries/war/>. 3 May 2016
  7. ^ Fiala, Andrew, "Pacifism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2023/entries/pacifism/>, 8 May 2023.

Further reading

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  • Strawser, Bradley Jay (2023). The Bounds of Defense: Killing, Moral Responsibility, and War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-069251-3.