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Feb 6, 2019 · Just and Unjust War contributed to philosophy by replacing the foundations of Just War Theory, which had long rested on natural law (see the earlier discussions in this series on Cicero and Grotius), with the liberal approach of understanding politics in terms of individual rights. In Walzer’s view, individuals in war retain their right to ...
The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success) Author(s): MICHAEL WALZER Reviewed work(s): Source: Social Research, Vol. 69, No. 4, International Justice, War Crimes, and Terrorism: The U.S. Record (winter 2002), pp. 925-944 Published by: The New School Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40971584 . Accessed: 24/08/2012 14:41
Just war theory deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought. The justification can be either theoretical or historical. The theoretical aspect is concerned with ethically justifying war and the forms that warfare may or may not take.
Thirty years ago, Walzer published Just and Unjust Wars, a seminal text on how we think about war and the moral issues surrounding military theory, war crimes, and the spoils of war. His other books include Arguing About War (2004) and On Toleration (1999).
In his widely influential statement of just war theory, Michael Walzer ex empts conscripted soldiers from all responsibility for taking part in war, whether just or unjust (the thesis of the "moral equality of soldiers").
Jan 1, 2017 · Modern analytical just war theory starts with Michael Walzer's defense of key tenets of the laws of war in his Just and Unjust Wars. Walzer advocates noncombatant immunity, proportionality, and combatant equality: combatants in war must target only combatants; unintentional harms that they inflict on noncombatants must be proportionate to the ...
Walzer draws on medieval Just War theory to explore the reasons that can justify war jus ad bellum and the ethical limits on the conduct of war jus in bello in an attempt to work out a modern, secular theory of just war. [1]
