War by Agreement: A Contractarian Ethics of War

Administrative / Constitutional Law

War by Agreement: A Contractarian Ethics of War

Edited by Yitzhak Benbaji · Daniel Statman
Oxford University Press November 2023

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ISBN-13
9780198910787
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
November 2023
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war. Benbaji and Statman argue that wars can be morally justified at both the ad bellum level (the political decision to go to war) and the in bello level (the actual conduct of the military) by accepting a contractarian account of the rules governing war. According to this account, the rules of war are anchored in a mutually beneficial and fair agreement between the relevant players—the purpose of which is to promote peace and to reduce the horrors of war. This account relies on the long social contract tradition and illustrates its fruitfulness in understanding and developing the morality and the law of war.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Moral Standing of the War Agreement
1:The Challenge
2:Foundations of a Non-Individualist Morality
3:A Contractarian Account of the Crime of Aggression
4:The Aims of Just Wars and Jus Ex Bello
5:Contractarianism and the Moral Equality of Combatants
6:Contractarianism and the Moral Equality of Civilians
7:When the Agreement Collapses
8:Concluding Remarks
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