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Bruno Coppieters is professor of political science at Free University of Brussels.
Nicholas Fotion is emeritus professor of philosophy at Emory University.
Carl Ceulemans is professor of ethics and head of the department of behavioral sciences at the Belgian Royal Military Academy.
Preface
Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans and Nick Fotion
Introduction
Nick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Ruben Apressyan, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu Tian
PART I Jus ad Bellum
Chapter 1: Just Cause
Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Zafer Kizilkaya, Anthony Hartle and Xu Tian
Chapter 2: Legitimate Authority
Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Jelle Leunis, Xu Tian and Zafer Kizilkaya
Chapter 3: Right Intentions
Bruno Coppieters, Boris Kashnikov, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu Tian
Chapter 4: Likelihood of Success
Nick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu Tian
Chapter 5: Proportionality
Nick Fotion, Zafer Kizilkaya, Xu Tian, Bruno Coppieters
Chapter 6: Last Resort
Bruno Coppieters, Ruben Apressyan, Boris Kashnikov, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu Tian
PART II Jus in Bello
Chapter 7: Discrimination
Carl Ceulemans, Bruno Coppieters, Anthony Hartle, Zafer Kizilkaya, Jelle Leunis, Xu Tian and Guy Van Damme
Chapter 8: Proportionality
Nick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Zafer Kizilkaya, Guy Van Damme and Xu Tian
Chapter 9: The Doctrine of Double Effect
Bruno Coppieters and Nick Fotion
Chapter 10: Are Combatants Moral Equals?
Carl Ceulemans and Nick Fotion
PART III Cases
Chapter 11: Dropping the Atomic Bomb.
Nick Fotion
Chapter12: The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Bruno Coppieters
Chapter 13:The Korean War, 1950-1953
Nick Fotion
Chapter 14: Drone Warfare
Carl Ceulemans and Jelle Leunis
Chapter 15: Concluding Comments
Nick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans and Xu Tian
“This classic book is deservedly in its third, reinforced, and re-vitalized edition. The message is the same: fight only just wars, with due restraint, aiming throughout for nothing less than safe and lasting peace.”
— Patrick Mileham, International Society for Military Ethics
“War continues to be a feature of the twenty-first century. As much as it jars with human conscience, it cannot be wished away - yet. Moral Constraints on War makes a solid case for putting moral constraints on this brutal activity, as long as it is permitted to exist. This is to be recommended to all those who have to make decisions about life and death.”
— Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center
“This volume is a must-read for those interested in the morality of war. It provides a systematic overview of the just war criteria, thought provoking case studies, and is unique in its combination of various cultural perspectives.”
— Lonneke Peperkamp, Radboud University