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Western just war thinking is often portrayed as a “second best” ethical alternative to pacifism, the assumption being that just war thinking’s restraint of violence derives from pacifism’s directive “thou shalt not kill.”
However, using insights from Hindu and Islamic just war thought, this paper suggests the core concern of just war theory is the defense of social order, and restraint is merely a means to that end.
Using that idea as a foundation, the paper focuses on the normative implications of placing the defense of order at the center of just war theory. Such a perspective could provide a useful framework for evaluating ethically complex missions not clearly defined or regulated under current international law (i.e., humanitarian intervention or peacekeeping missions). But it could also increase the risk of just war principles being used to justify any and all uses of force – already a key pacifist criticism of just war theory. |
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just war theory, comparative just war theory, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism |
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MLA Citation:
| Funk, Valerie. "Just War: An Ethic of Restraint or the Defense of Order?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 04, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59016_index.html> |
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| Funk, V. , 2004-09-04 "Just War: An Ethic of Restraint or the Defense of Order?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59016_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
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Abstract: Western just war thinking is often portrayed as a “second best” ethical alternative to pacifism, the assumption being that just war thinking’s restraint of violence derives from pacifism’s directive “thou shalt not kill.”
However, using insights from Hindu and Islamic just war thought, this paper suggests the core concern of just war theory is the defense of social order, and restraint is merely a means to that end.
Using that idea as a foundation, the paper focuses on the normative implications of placing the defense of order at the center of just war theory. Such a perspective could provide a useful framework for evaluating ethically complex missions not clearly defined or regulated under current international law (i.e., humanitarian intervention or peacekeeping missions). But it could also increase the risk of just war principles being used to justify any and all uses of force – already a key pacifist criticism of just war theory. |
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| Just War: An Ethic of Restraint or the Defense of Order? Valerie Ona Funk University of Chicago 4 September 2004 "Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association September 2 - September 5 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association." 1 "Holy community and holy war are related ideas not necessarily because holiness makes for hostility toward foreign nations more likely because community does."1 - Michael Walzer The defense of social |
| The Forgotten Victim: A History of the Civilian. Chicago IL: Precedent Publishing Inc. 1982. Hartle Anthony E. "Atrocities in War: Dirty Hands and Noncombatants " Social Research 69(4) Winter 2002. Howard Michael. War in European History. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press 1977. Keegan John. The Face of Battle. New York NY: Penguin Books 1976. Mavrodes George I. "Conventions and the Morality of War " Philosophy and Public Affairs 4(2) winter 1975. pp. 117- 131. Sullivan B. Todd. Getting Intentions |
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