War by Agreement : A Contractarian Ethics of War

Benbaji, Yitzhak/ Statman, Daniel

Oxford University Press（2019/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 230 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199577194
• DDC分類 172.42

Full Description

War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war. It shows that wars can be morally justified at both the ad bellum level (the political decision to go to war) and the in bello level (its actual conduct by 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 of which is to promote peace and to reduce the horrors of war. The book relies on the long social contract tradition and illustrates its fruitfulness in understanding and developing the morality and the law of war.

Contents

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Foundations of a Non-Individualist Morality
3: A Contractarian Account of the Crime of Aggression
4: The Aims of Just Wars and Jus Ex Bello
5: Contractarianism and the Moral Equality of Combatants
6: Contractarianism and the Moral Equality of Civilians
7: When the Agreement Collapses
8: Concluding Remarks