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Iraq


Iraq

The Moral Reckoning

von: Craig M. White

48,99 €

Verlag: Lexington Books
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 10.07.2012
ISBN/EAN: 9780739138953
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 306

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Iraq: The Moral Reckoning applies classic just war theory to the U.S. decision to go to war in 2003. That theory, which evolved over several millennia, is a simple, profound tool for evaluating the rightness and wisdom of starting a war. The Bush administration and its supporters referred directly and indirectly to the theory in making a pro-war case to the world. The theory provides three core moral criteria for a just war: sovereign authority, just cause, and right intention (which includes an aim of peace). It adds three practical criteria: proportionality of ends, last resort, and reasonable chance of success. For a just war, each criterion should be substantially met. Since war is destructive and each country is presumed to have the right to live in peace, the evidence in favor of war must be clearly stronger than evidence against it. For each criterion, Iraq: The Moral Reckoning painstakingly weighs Bush administration statements, or those of its supporters, against evidence available at the time. A wide range of viewpoints and evidence is considered, and contrary arguments are refuted. One full chapter is given to neoconservative arguments on just war theory and its application from prominent war supporters. Each criterion, except sovereign authority, is shown not to have been met. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of an unjust war for the United States and the world. The intensive weighing of each criterion against the facts and the balanced approach make the book unique. By demonstrating a comprehensive application of the theory to one war, it not only sets a new standard for evaluating the 2003 Iraq war, but also shows how present and future wars can be better evaluated in moral and practical terms, based on knowledge available at the time.
Iraq: The Moral Reckoning is an intensive application of the six classic just war theory criteria to the 2003 Iraq war decision, weighing information available at the time from a wide range of sources and concluding that the war met just one of the six, whereas a just war should meet all. It supplements the criteria with widely used ethical principles and thoroughly refutes neoconservative arguments that the war met the criteria.
Chapter 1 Preface
<br>Part 2 Part I. Introducing Just War Theory
<br>Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Introduction: An Old Theory, Today's and Tomorrow's Wars
<br>Chapter 4 Chapter 2. How to Apply the Criteria, and Who Should Do It
<br>Part 5 Part II. Applying the Criteria
<br>Chapter 6 Chapter 3. Sovereign Authority
<br>Chapter 7 Chapter 4. Just Cause I: An Armed, Reckless Regime that Harbored Terrorists
<br>Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Just Cause II: Preemption, UN Resolutions, and a New Iraq
<br>Chapter 9 Chapter 6. Just Cause III: The Legal Case
<br>Chapter 10 Chapter 7. Right Intention/The Aim of Peace
<br>Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Proportionality of Ends
<br>Chapter 12 Chapter 9. Last Resort
<br>Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Reasonable Chance of Success
<br>Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Replies to Neoconservative Objections
<br>Part 15 Part III. Conclusion
<br>Chapter 16 Chapter 12. Was It Just? Evaluation and Consequences
<br>Part 17 Appendices
<br>Chapter 18 Appendix A. Thomas Aquinas on War
<br>Chapter 19 Appendix B. Quotations from the Duelfer Report
Craig M. White is public affairs officer at the U.S. embassy in Port Louis, Mauritius.

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