Pathfinder: Just War Theory

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Scope
"Just war theory deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought. The justification can be either theoretical or historical. The theoretical aspect is concerned with ethically justifying war and forms of warfare. The historical aspect, or the "just war tradition" deals with the historical body of rules or agreements applied (or at least existing) in various wars across the ages." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/j/justwar.htm
General Print Sources
Axinn, Sydney . A Moral Military. Temple University Press. Call No.: U22 .A95 1989

But Was it Just? : Reflections on the Morality of the Persian Gulf War / Jean Bethke Elshtain ... [et al.] ; with an appendix from La civiltà cattolica translated by Peter Heinegg ; edited by David E. DeCosse. Call No. : DS79.72 .B88 1992

Christopher, Paul. Ethics of War and Peace: An Introduction to Legal and Moral Issues. 1998. Call No.: U22 .C528 1999

Close Calls : Intervention, Terrorism, Missile Defense, and 'just war' Today / edited by Elliott Abrams ; essays by James Turner Johnson ... Call No. : U22 .C537 1998

Coates, A. J. (Anthony Joseph), 1940- The Ethics of War. Call No. : U22 .C5397 1997

Geyer, Alan F. Lines in the Sand : Justice and the Gulf War. Call No. : DS79.72 .G42 1992

Johnson, James Turner. Just War and the Gulf War. Call No. : DS79.72 .J64 1991

McKeogh, Colm. Political Realism of Reinhold Niebuhr: A Pragmatic Approach to Just War. 1997. Call No.: BX4827.N5 M37 1997

Miller, Richard Brian. Interpretations of Conflict : Ethics, Pacifism, and the Just-war Tradition. Call No. : B105.W3 M55 1991

O'Brien, William Vincent. Law and morality in Israel's war with the PLO. Call No. : DS119.7 .O27 1991

Kelsay and James Turner Johnson. Just War and Jihad : Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on War and Peace in Western and Islamic Traditions. BT736.2 .J87 1991

Johnson, James Turner. Can Modern War be Just? Call No. : U21.2 .J627 1984

Ramsey, Paul. The Just War : Force and Political Responsibility. Call No.: U21.2 .R33 1983

Regan, Richard. Just War: Principles and Cases. Call No.: B105.W3 R44 1996

Stevenson, William R. Christian Love and Just War : Moral Paradox and Political Life in St. Augustine and his Modern Interpreters. Call No. : BT736.2 .S65 1987

Michael Walzer. Just and Unjust Wars: a Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations . Call No.: U21.2 .W345 2000

Wells, Donald A. An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics. 1996. Call No.: B105.W3 E53 1996 [Reference collection]

Subject
Headings
Just war doctrine
War -- Moral and ethical aspects
See also: individual wars, moral and ethical aspects
Keywords: just war

Electronic Books

Should War Be Eliminated? : Philosophical and Theological Investigations Páere Marquette Lecture in Theology ; 1984 by Hauerwas, Stanley. Milwaukee, Wis. Marquette University Press, 1984.
War and International Justice : A Kantian Perspective by Orend, Brian.
Waterloo, Ont. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2000.
War and Its Discontents : Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions by Burns, J. Patout. Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press, 1996.
Understanding Attitudes About War : Modeling Moral Judgments
Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies by Brunk, Gregory G.; Secrest, Donald.; Tamashiro, Howard. Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.
Morality & Contemporary Warfare by Johnson, James Turner. New Haven Yale University Press, 1999.

Bibliographies

Bibliography on Just War / University of Adelaide
Ethics: a Selected Bibliography / U.S. Army War College Library
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