Special Issues in the Ethics of War: Guerrillas, Warlords, Drones, Mercenaries, Preventive War, and Humanitarian Intervention
Grant Data
Project Title
Special Issues in the Ethics of War: Guerrillas, Warlords, Drones, Mercenaries, Preventive War, and Humanitarian Intervention
Principal Investigator
Professor Steinhoff, Uwe Bernhard
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Duration
12
Start Date
2018-01-01
Amount
176000
Conference Title
Special Issues in the Ethics of War: Guerrillas, Warlords, Drones, Mercenaries, Preventive War, and Humanitarian Intervention
Presentation Title
Keywords
ethics, humanitarian intervention, non-state actors, preventive war, war
Discipline
Philosophy,Public Administration and Political Science
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17612817
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2017
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 Systematically apply my comprehensive account of just war theory and the ethics of violence to several special issues in just war theory, such as guerrilla warfare, drone warfare, private military companies, targeted killing, autonomous weapons, preventive war, and humanitarian intervention. 2 Demonstrate the scope, limits, and implications of different justifications of the use of force in these special contexts. 3 Clarify the moral status of different types of non-state combatants and new military technology. 4 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.
All Publications
Title | Author(s) | Issue Date | |
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Wild Goose Chase: Still No Rationales for the Doctrine of Double Effect and Related Principles Journal:Criminal Law and Philosophy | 2019 | ||
2018 | |||
Right Intention: A Reply to Janzen, Purves, and Jenkins Journal:Journal of Military Ethics | 2018 | ||
2020 | |||
2017 | |||
Against a 'Combined Liability-Lesser-Evil Justification' Journal:Philosophia | 2019 |