Just War Theory and the Ethics of Violence: Foundations and Applications


Grant Data
Project Title
Just War Theory and the Ethics of Violence: Foundations and Applications
Principal Investigator
Professor Steinhoff, Uwe Bernhard   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
18
Start Date
2016-01-01
Amount
230000
Conference Title
Just War Theory and the Ethics of Violence: Foundations and Applications
Presentation Title
Keywords
ethics, force, just war theory, moral and legal justifications, war
Discipline
Philosophy
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17610315
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1) Develop a systematic and comprehensive account of the ethics of violence and just war theory by meeting the following objectives: 2) Describe and analyze in detail, drawing on both legal and philosophical scholarship, different justifications for the use of force. 3) Demonstrate the scope, limits, and implications of each of these justifications for the ethics of war. 4) Clarify the moral status of combatants. 5) Clarify in particular who may participate under which circumstances in which wars and why. 6) Apply the findings to a host of special issues, such as guerrilla warfare, drone warfare, terrorism, private military companies, etc. 7) Draw some general conclusions about the nature of war and recommend an attitude towards war which, while not embracing pacifism, is even more skeptical towards war than much of present-day just war theory.