Just and unjust uses of limited force a moral argument with contemporary illustrations / Daniel R. Brunstetter.

Author/creator Brunstetter, Daniel R.
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Publication Info©2021
Descriptionvii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : Between war and not war -- Part I. Blurring the lines : law enforcement, fractured order, and warlike force -- Limited force and the trumph, crisis, and schism of just war thinking -- Part II. Imaging jus post vin -- Jus ad vin -- The probability of escalation principle -- Jus in vi -- Part II. Jus post vin revisited -- Conclusion : consensus, divergence, debate.
Summary 'Just and Unjust Uses of Limited Force' revists recent conflicts animating contemporary just war scholarship as instances of limited force, drawing insights from the just war tradition. Looking at these contemporary examples, the book teases out an ethical account of force-short-of-war.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-280) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021933403
ISBN0192897004 (hardback)
ISBN9780192897008 (hardback)

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