Ethics beyond war's end / Eric Patterson, editor. - Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012. - x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Rev. essays from a conference held in Apr. 2010 at Georgetown University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface Introduction: Eric Patterson1. Moral Responsibility after Conflict: The Idea of Jus Post Bellum for the Twenty-First CenturyJames Turner Johnson2. The Aftermath of War: Reflections on Jus Post BellumMichael Walzer3. Jus Ante and Post Bellum: Completing the Circle, Breaking the CycleGeorge R. Lucas Jr.4. In My Beginning Is My EndRobert Royal5. A More Perfect Peace: Jus Post Bellum and the Quest for Stable PeaceRobert E. Williams Jr.6. Ethics in the Times of WarPauletta Otis7. Just War and an Ethics of ResponsibilityJean Bethke Elshtain8. Ending the US Civil War Well: Reconciliation and Transitional JusticeDavid A. Crocker9. Justice After War: Towards a New Geneva ConventionBrian Orend 10. "Just Peace:" An Elusive IdealMark Evans Conclusion: Toward a Twenty-First Century Jus Post BellumEric Patterson Contributors Index

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war's settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral?

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War--Moral and ethical aspects.
Guerra --Aspectos morales y éticos
Just war doctrine.
Doctrina de la guerra justa

JZ 6392 / E84 2012

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