New Interventionist Just War Theory

Name: New Interventionist Just War Theory
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

New Interventionist Just War TheoryA Critique\nAuthor(s): Jordy Rocheleau\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367615284, 978-0367615284\nSynopsis\nThis book offers a systematic critique of recent interventionist just war theories, which have made the recourse to force easier to justify.\n\nThe work argues that these theories, including neo-traditionalist prerogatives to national leaders and a cosmopolitan human rights paradigm, offer criteria for war that are insufficient in principle and dangerous in practice. Drawing on a plurality of moral considerations, the book recommends a modified legalist national defense paradigm, which includes an atrocity threshold for humanitarian intervention and a legitimate authorization requirement. The plausibility of this restrictive framework is applied to case studies, including the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ongoing targeted killing, and possible interventions in Syria .