Nigel Biggar’s Just War: Reflections on jus ad bellum
This paper raises some questions about Biggar’s accounts of the just cause and proportionality criteria for a just war. With respect to just cause, it argues that Biggar is committed to a broader range of justifications for war than one might think. Regarding proportionality, it claims that his acco...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 292-297 |
| Review of: | In defence of war (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Fabre, Cécile)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
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B just cause for war B last resort B Book review B proportionality in war B Pacifism |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This paper raises some questions about Biggar’s accounts of the just cause and proportionality criteria for a just war. With respect to just cause, it argues that Biggar is committed to a broader range of justifications for war than one might think. Regarding proportionality, it claims that his account thereof invites reflection on the morality of conscription, and, more important still, given the book’s main aim—to refute Christian pacifism—in fact should lead him to embrace pacifism. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "In Response (2015)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946814565313 |