Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War: Just War Theory in the 21st Century

Book Overview

This new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary extensions and alternatives to the just war tradition in the field of the ethics of war.

The modern history of just war has typically assumed the primacy of four particular elements: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, the state actor, and the solider. This book will put these four elements under close scrutiny, and will explore how they fare given the following challenges:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138953040
• ISBN13: 9781138953048
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.6"