Ronan O'Callaghan

Walzer, Just War and Iraq (eBook, PDF)

Ethics as Response

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book directly addresses the question of what it means to act ethically in times of war by drawing upon first-hand accounts of U.S. war fighting in Iraq during the 2003 invasion and occupation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317382430
• Artikelnr.: 43976442

Autorenporträt

Ronan O'Callaghan has recently completed his PhD in Politics at the University of Manchester. He is currently a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Central Lancashire.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction. The Tower of Babel and the Ideal of Unity. Michael
Walzer and the Just War Tradition. Deconstruction as Methodology.
Historical Analysis and the Problem of Representation. With whom does the
historical writer of historicism actually empathise? Structure of the Book.
Conclusion Chapter 2: Morality, Community and the Justification of War.
Introduction. There is a Thin Man inside Every Fat Man. Self-determination
and Membership. Declaration and the Birth of Community. Membership and
Alterity. War and Maximal Morality. Temporal Revelation and Being.
Différance and Secular Theology. Conclusion Chapter 3: Violence, Ethics and
the Invasion of Iraq. A Brief History of Iraq. The Pre-War Imaging of
Justice in Iraq. Occupation and Legal Authority. Postwar Security.
De-Ba'athification and Sunni Resistance. Religious Authority and the Iraqi
Constitution. The 2005 Election and Ethno-Sectarian Violence. Conclusion
Chapter 4: Derrida and Ethics. Introduction. Ethics as first philosophy.
Community as the possibility of justice. Ethical Action as Sacrifice.
Undecidability as Justice for the Other. Conclusion Chapter 5:
Non-combatant Immunity and the Sacrifice of Rights. Introduction.
Identifying the Target. Combatant Rights. Justifying the Loss of Rights.
Simply by Fighting. Danger and Threat. Freedom and Sacrifice. Conclusion.
Chapter 6: Double Effect and its Parasites. Introduction. The Doctrine of
Double Effect. Pardon me for not Meaning to ... In All Good Faith. Policing
with Due Care. Deepening Double Effect. Siege Warfare: An Illustrative
Example. Conclusion: Ethics as Double Effect. Conclusion: Ethics as
Response. What the Hell is Water? Shattering Sisyphus. Responding to Iraqis