{"product_id":"ethics-and-the-laws-of-war","title":"Ethics and the Laws of War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an examination of the permissions, prohibitions and obligations found in just war theory, and the moral grounds for laws concerning war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePronouncing an action or course of actions to be prohibited, permitted or obligatory by just war theory does not thereby establish the moral grounds of that prohibition, permission or obligation; nor does such a pronouncement have sufficient persuasive force to govern actions in the public arena. So what are the moral grounds of laws concerning war, and what ought these laws to be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdopting the distinction between \u003ci\u003ejus ad bellum\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ejus in bello\u003c\/i\u003e, the author argues that rules governing conduct in war can be morally grounded in a form of rule-consequentialism of negative duties. Looking towards the public rules, the book argues for a new interpretation of existing laws, and in some cases the implementation of completely new laws. These include recognising rights of encompassing groups to necessary self-defence; recognising a duty to rescue; and considering all persons neither in uniform nor bearing arms as civilians and therefore fully immune from attack, thus ruling out ‘targeted’ or ‘named’ killings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of just war theory, ethics of war, international law, peace and conflict studies, and Security Studies\/IR in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55002319880536,"sku":"9780415622653","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415622653_733e1069-348e-438b-81ea-9a7cd3db3382.jpg?v=1769274020","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ethics-and-the-laws-of-war","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}