David Traven

Law and Sentiment in International Politics (eBook, ePUB)

Ethics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on recent research in moral psychology and neuroscience, this book argues that universal moral beliefs and emotions shaped the evolution of the laws of war, and in particular laws that protect civilians. It argues that civilian protection norms are not just a figment of the modern West, but that these norms were embryonic in earlier societies and civilizations, including Ancient China, early Islam, and medieval Europe. However, despite their ubiquity, this book argues that civilian protection rules are inherently fragile, and that their fragility lies not just in failures of compliance, but also in how moral emotions shaped the design of the law. The same beliefs and emotions that lead people to judge that it is wrong to intentionally target civilians can paradoxically constitute the basis for excusing states for incidental civilian casualties, or collateral damage. To make the laws of war work better for civilians, this book argues that we need to change how we think about the ethics of killing in war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108957434
• Artikelnr.: 62747442

Autorenporträt

David Traven is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University-Fullerton.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. A Theory of Moral Psychology and International Norms: 1.
Introduction: the laws of war and the puzzle of norm emergence; 2. Mapping
the mind: moral psychology and international humanitarian law; Part II. The
Universal Grammar of the Laws of War: China, Islam, and the West: 3. Taming
the sovereign: state formation and the ethics of war in ancient China; 4.
War and peace in Islamic law: cultural evolution and the ethics of war in
early Islam; 5. Moral emotions and natural law: the peace of god, catholic
just war theory, and the European enlightenment; Part III. Moral Sentiments
and the Development of International Humanitarian Law: 6. Humanizing hell:
the Hague peace conferences and the second world war, 1899-1945; 7. A moral
revolution in the history of humankind: the Geneva conventions and the
politics of international humanitarian law, 1945-1977; 8. Conclusion: moral
emotions, permissive effects, and the rationalization of IHL.