War by Agreement: A Contractarian Ethics of War

by Yitzhak Benbaji and Daniel Statman

War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war. Benbaji and Statman argue that wars can be morally justified at both the ad bellum level (the political decision to go to war) and the in bello level (the actual conduct of the military) by accepting a contractarian account of the rules governing war. According to this account, the rules of war are anchored in a mutually beneficial and fair agreement between the relevant players--the purpose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198910789
• ISBN13: 9780198910787
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"