RT Article
T1 Reimagining Just War as Anchored in, Tethered to, and Tempered by Mercy
JF Journal of religious ethics
VO 48
IS 3
SP 436
OP 457
A1 Winright, Tobias L.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1726865150
AB This essay considers whether the just war tradition is compatible with Christian theologically grounded conceptions of mercy. After considering and rejecting positions that pit mercy and war against each other, the essay mines the work of Walter Kasper and James Keenan on Christian mercy to develop a position that reimagines mercy as compatible with traditional just war criteria. In particular, this analysis leads to the conclusion that Christians may endorse just war in the form of humanitarian intervention. By doing so, they allow mercy to temper the aspects of warfare that diminish the humanity of others.
K1 Humanitarian Intervention
K1 Just War
K1 Mercy
K1 Nonviolence
K1 Peace
K1 Policing
K1 right intention
DO 10.1111/jore.12325