Ending Wars Justly

Theory and Applications
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-59307-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 550 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Applied Ethics

This volume features original essays on the ethics of ending wars (jus ex bello). It fills a significant gap in just war theory and sets the stage for other thinkers to engage with the topic.

What makes questions about jus ex bello especially difficult for ethicists to answer is that the just war tradition has neglected to develop principles for ending wars justly. Until recently, debates have primarily focused on justice in going to war (jus ad bellum), justice in fighting a war (jus in bello), and justice after war (jus post bellum). Additionally, many contemporary conflicts are unconventional and not the kind that the traditional principles of just war theory are designed to address. The chapters in this volume address the question of how and when wars can end justly. Part 1 approaches jus ex bello from different theoretical angles, including just war theory, virtue ethics, pacifism, and feminism. Part 2 discusses specific aspects of recent wars: the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of military involvement in the country, and the war that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, that is so difficult to end despite the escalating human cost.

Ending Wars Justly is an essential resource for scholars and advanced students working in just war theory, the ethics of war and peace, international relations, and military and strategic studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, David K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction David K. Chan  Part 1: Theories of War Endings  1. Beginning the End: Unilateral vs. Collaborative Conceptions of War Termination Ethics Yvonne Chiu  2. Wars to Stop Aggression and to End Genocide: Beyond Just Endings David K. Chan  3. Victor’s Justice and the Myth of Ending Wars Justly Andrew Fiala  4. Bodies that are “Ready-to-Politics”: A Feminist Approach to Jus Ex Bello Jennifer Kling  5. Endless War and the Ideologies of War Cheyney Ryan  Part 2: Reflections on Ukraine and Afghanistan  6. Ending Wars and the Problem of Moral Hazard Elad Uzan  7. Just War Continuation and Just War Exit in Afghanistan Jordy Rocheleau  8. The Afghanistan War and Jus Post Bellum: A Look at Three Milestones for Peace and Security Eric Patterson  9. Meaningful Lives and Meaningful Deaths: Narrative Values and the Retreat from Afghanistan Michael Blake

Über Autor(innen)

David K. Chan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Beyond Just War: A Virtue Ethics Approach (2012), and Action Reconceptualized: Human Agency and Its Sources (2016), and the editor of Moral Psychology Today: Essays on Values, Rational Choice, and the Will (2008).