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Cheyney Ryan. I am a senior research fellow at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, where I focus on nonviolence, pacifism, and the critique of just war theory. I am also a founder and co-chair of the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights which conducts human rights workshops for students in Oxford, New York, Geneva ...
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An award in my honor, “The Cheyney Ryan Peace and Conflict...
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Pacifism: The Basics (Routledge, 2021 forthcoming). I am...
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An award in my honor, “The Cheyney Ryan Peace and Conflict Essay Contest”, was started by the U of Oregon Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution in 2010. Humanitarian of the Year, Oregon Jewish Federation, 1996. Grassroots Award, McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, 1989. Annual Human Rights Award, Oregon Human Rights Coalition, 1993
Cheyney Ryan was a fellow of Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) from 2010-2023, and before that was a fellow of the Oxford Changing Character of War Program. He was Director of ELAC’s human rights programs, which included workshops on humanitarian aid, nuclear weapons, and other issues. He is co-chair of the […]
Mar 12, 2024 · A new book by ELAC Senior Research Fellow Cheyney Ryan has now been published by Routledge. Pacifism as War Abolitionism draws on contemporary sociology, history, and political philosophy to provide an account of the ‘war system’. At the core of the book is the point that war begets war, and hence war will not be ended—or even constrained ...
Cheyney C. Ryan is a research fellow at Oxford University and a professor of philosophy and professor of law at the University of Oregon, where he co-founded the graduate program in conflict and dispute resolution. He has published widely in the areas of political philosophy, philosophy of law, and continental philosophy. He received the Joseph ...
Pacifism: The Basics (Routledge, 2021 forthcoming). I am currently collecting my published and unpublished writings on non-violence, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and other activists for a collection titled A Revolution of the Heart. ARTICLES: "Pacifism, Self Defense, and the Possibility of Killing", Ethics, Jan. 1983.
“In an age of perpetual conflict, Cheyney Ryan delivers a courageous and deeply reasoned account of how war can be abolished. Pacifism as War Abolitionism, in contrast to the Just War tradition, focuses on non-violent means for ending the war system that enables endless war. The book presents a compelling, urgent call to action for ...
