Comparative Just War Theory (Explorations in Contemporary Social-Political Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538125145 ISBN 13: 9781538125144

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019

Synopsis

Widespread cross-cultural and cross-ideological agreement on the justifiable limits of war has become an increasingly complex yet vital element of global peace and conflict policies. Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues and Danny Singh bring together a truly international cohort of philosophers, ethicists, political scientists, criminologists, sociologists, and other scholars to address the morality of war from a comparative perspective.

While conceptions of when to enter war (jus ad bellum) and how to fight war (jus in bello) have been well researched in Western liberal contexts, non-Western philosophies have been largely excluded from debate. This volume seeks to correct that imbalance by addressing concrete examples alongside concepts of Confucian Yi/Rightness, Ahimsa, feminism, class struggles, Ubuntu, anarchism, pacifism, Buddhism, Islam, Jihad, among others.

Comparative Just War Theory provides a global conceptual framework to deal with the morality of war in our modern world. With fresh insights into how the normative problems that arise from just war can be addressed, the book will be a valuable resource for a wide variety of students, scholars, and policymakers.

About this title

About the Author:

Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues holds a PhD from the University of York and is an associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, China. He has published widely on multiculturalism, just war theory and animals. His main publications are two edited books Philosophies of Multiculturalism: Beyond Liberalism (Routledge, 2017), Animals, Race and Multiculturalism (Palgrave) and articles on Critical Studies on Terrorism, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Theoria and Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.

Danny Singh is Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Sociology at Teesside University. He has previously taught at the University of York’s Department of Politics and at Leeds Beckett University. He has published on interventions in war-torn states leading to police and judicial reform and anti-corruption. These journals include: Conflict, Security & Development, The Police Journal, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Journal of Developing Societies, Crime, Law and Social Change and Policy Studies. He is currently working on a monograph titled, Investigating Corruption in the Afghan Police Force: Instability and insecurity in post-conflict societies in contract with Bristol University Press/Policy Press.

Review:

This is a much-needed volume on just war theory from multicultural perspectives. It will be a very useful resource for students in a globalized world. (Chenyang Li, author of The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony)

Just war theory in the Anglophone world has been largely informed—and limited—by the Christian and liberal traditions. This book paves the way for a truly global approach to theorizing about just war. (Daniel A. Bell, Shandong University, author of The China Model)

These stimulating and diverse essays—well-curated from traditionally under-represented perspectives—advance our thinking about the ethics of war and peace. (Brian Orend, University of Waterloo, and author of War and Political Theory)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1538125145
• ISBN 13: 9781538125144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283
• Editor: Cordeiro-Rodrigues Luis, Singh Teesside University Danny