1st Edition
Just War Thinkers From Cicero to the 21st Century
Foreword, Joel H. Rosenthal
Introduction, Daniel Brunstetter and Cian O’Driscoll
1. Cicero, Gavin Stewart
2. Augustine, James Turner Johnson
3. Gratian, Rory Cox
4. Thomas Aquinas, Gregory Reichberg
5. Christine de Pizan, Cian O’Driscoll
6. Francisco de Vitoria, Alex Bellamy
7. Bartolome de las Casas, Daniel Brunstetter
8. Francisco Suarez, Grady Scott Davis
9. Alberico Gentili, John Kelsay
10. Hugo Grotius, Anthony F. Lang, Jr.
11. Samuel Pufendorf, Luke Glanville
12. Emmerich de Vattel, Theo Christov
13. Immanuel Kant, Brian Orend
14. Francis Lieber, Stephanie Carvin
15. Paul Ramsey, Adam Hollowell
16. Michael Walzer, Chris Brown
17. Jean Bethke Elshtain, Nicholas Rengger
18. James Turner Johnson, Nahed Artoul Zehr
19. Jeff McMahan, Heather Roff
Conclusion, Daniel Brunstetter and Cian O’Driscoll
Biography
Daniel R. Brunstetter is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, USA.
Cian O'Driscoll is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.
'This book is an excellent introduction to the debates currently going on about just war theory and about actual just and unjust wars. Readers will find the centuries-long arguments about when to fight and how to fight carefully analyzed and evaluated in a series of highly intelligent and inter-connected essays.' -- Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, USA
'Just War Thinkers is an excellent book. Each of its chapters is devoted to a major just war theorist, starting with Cicero and ending with Jeff McMahan. It does scholars the huge service of reviewing both familiar figures (Augustine, Vitoria, Pufendorf, and Kant – to name but a few), and drawing attention to comparatively and unfairly neglected one (for example, Gratian and Las Casas). The chapters on 20th and 21st century thinkers round off a clearly written, accessible, and engaging tour d’horizon.' -- Cecile Fabre, University of Oxford, UK
'Drawing on expert analysis of key just war theorists, Brunstetter and O’Driscoll have produced an excellent primer on this key tradition in international thought. The editors call it an introduction, but there is much here that will delight and inform researchers at all stages of their careers.' -- Lucian Ashworth, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
'This is an important book, just right for our times. By engaging with some of the greatest thinkers within the just war tradition, the eminent authors and editors of this book help us understand both the structure and context of just war discourse. This volume will be of use to students and scholars within philosophy, politics, history, religion, and law – and to anyone who is interested in understanding the rights and wrongs of warfare.' -- Henrik Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway
