1st Edition
The Ethics of War and the Force of Law A Modern Just War Theory
1. Introduction and Overview
2. What Is War—and Can a Lone Individual Wage One?
3. Jus ad Bellum: Justifying the Use of War
4. Jus in Bello: Justifying the Use of Force in War
5. Concluding Remarks
Biography
Uwe Steinhoff is Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of On the Ethics of War and Terrorism (2007), The Philosophy of Jürgen Habermas (2009), On the Ethics of Torture (2013), and Self-Defense, Necessity, and Punishment (Routledge, 2019), and the editor of Do All Persons Have Equal Moral Worth? (2015).
"I commend Steinhoff’s approach of engaging all the disparate literatures and proposing a practical approach to just war. That is an uncommon but welcome path to have taken, and Steinhoff is one of the few conversant enough to pull this off." – Joseph E. Capizzi, The Catholic University of America
"Steinhoff’s book is not only analytically strong but also displays a thorough knowledge of the historical and legal dimensions of the Just War tradition and, importantly, utilizes this knowledge in the development of his own distinctive account. The result is a much-needed integration of philosophical analysis and legal scholarship." – Seumas Miller, Charles Sturt University, TU Delft and Oxford University
