Kant and the law of war /
Ripstein, Arthur,
Kant and the law of war / Arthur Ripstein. - 1 online resource (288 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An intervention into just war theory by the most influential contemporary interpreter and exponent of Kant's legal and political philosophy. Building on Kantian foundations, it offers a reconceptualization of the duties of the state and the norms governing war. Ripstein argues that a special morality governs war because of its distinctive immorality: The wrongfulness of entering or remaining in a condition in which force decides everything provides the standards for evaluating the grounds of initiating war, the ways in which wars may be fought, and the results of past wars.
Specialized.
9780197604236 (ebook) : No price
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
War (Philosophy)
U22 / .R57 2021
172.42
Kant and the law of war / Arthur Ripstein. - 1 online resource (288 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An intervention into just war theory by the most influential contemporary interpreter and exponent of Kant's legal and political philosophy. Building on Kantian foundations, it offers a reconceptualization of the duties of the state and the norms governing war. Ripstein argues that a special morality governs war because of its distinctive immorality: The wrongfulness of entering or remaining in a condition in which force decides everything provides the standards for evaluating the grounds of initiating war, the ways in which wars may be fought, and the results of past wars.
Specialized.
9780197604236 (ebook) : No price
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
War (Philosophy)
U22 / .R57 2021
172.42