THE IDEA OF DEFENSE IN HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY THINKING ABOUT JUST WAR

What is, or should be, the role of defense in thinking about the justification of use of armed force? Contemporary just war thinking prioritizes defense as the principal, and perhaps the only, just cause for resorting to armed force. By contrast, classic just war tradition, while recognizing defense...

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Main Author: Johnson, James Turner (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 543-556
Further subjects:B Westphalian system
B Sovereignty
B Justice
B State
B Just War
B Defense
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