Women Combatants and Just War Theory
"Those who espouse the Just War ethic must continually be ready to review the premise of the theory- the conviction that lethal force merits moral support.” At times throughout history certain...
View ArticleJames Childress and the Presumption Against War
....Because war’s constituent ingredients are killing and/or physical harm, and because, in Childress’ argument, those two things are “intrinsically prima facie wrong” because of the prima facie...
View ArticleUkraine: Prospects for a Just Revolution – Anna Floerke Scheid
Having spent the last several years researching and writing on the ethics of revolution, I listened to initial reports about the protests in Kiev with hopeful, empathic interest. Ukrainians seemed to...
View ArticleJohn Calvin and the Logic of Armed Resistance, Pt. 2 (Andrew Fulford)
Later Calvinist texts, like the famous Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos, would go further than the Reformer and claim natural law defenses for resistance.[1] I want to contend that Calvin’s principles...
View ArticleOn Gaza: If you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
When Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in response to cross-border terrorist rocket-fire, European (see here and here) and US leaders endorsed their claim to have just cause. But were they...
View ArticleGaza, Ukraine, and the Limits of International Law (Paul W. Kahn)
Since World War II, the primary ambition of international humanitarian law — the law of armed conflict — has been to insulate military violence from the civilian population. Military forces are...
View ArticleBarth on War, Peace, and Pacifism: A Primer
Current crises across the Middle East and other war-torn locations demand careful consideration of war, just war theory, and other tenets of military interventionism. The Christian theologian faces a...
View ArticleApplying Just War Theory To Community Policing (Nathaniel Grimes)
How can peace-minded Christians (specifically Roman Catholics and Mennonites) find common ground on the problems of war and policing? A decade ago, Gerald Schlabach put forward a proposal for “Just...
View ArticleA Pre-Emptive First Strike Against North Korea?: A Reply to John Bolton
Our position is that recourse to armed force can only be justified as a last resort. Source
View ArticleSound Off: Recent Violence in Sacred Spaces
What connections may we draw between attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the Christchurch mosque shooting, African-American church arsons in Louisiana, the Easter Sunday bombing in Sri...
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