- New
-
Topics
- All Categories
- Metaphysics and Epistemology
- Value Theory
- Science, Logic, and Mathematics
- Science, Logic, and Mathematics
- Logic and Philosophy of Logic
- Philosophy of Biology
- Philosophy of Cognitive Science
- Philosophy of Computing and Information
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Philosophy of Physical Science
- Philosophy of Social Science
- Philosophy of Probability
- General Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Science, Misc
- History of Western Philosophy
- Philosophical Traditions
- Philosophy, Misc
- Other Academic Areas
- Journals
- Submit material
- More
In Defence of War
Oxford University Press (2013)
Abstract
Against the domination of moral deliberation by rights-talk In Defence of War asserts that belligerency can be morally justified, even while it is tragic and morally flawed. Recovering the early Christian tradition of just war thinking, Nigel Biggar argues in favour of aggressive war in punishment of grave injustice
Links
PhilArchive
External links
(no proxy)
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server
Through your library
- Sign in / register and customize your OpenURL resolver
- Configure custom resolver
My notes
Similar books and articles
Censure theory still best accounts for punishment of the guilty: Reply to Montague.Thaddeus Metz - 2009 - Philosophia 37 (1):113-23.
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Justice: Rights and Wrongs.Nigel Biggar - 2010 - Studies in Christian Ethics 23 (2):130-137.
Narrate and Embody: A Response To Nigel Biggar, `Specify and Distinguish'.Richard B. Hays - 2009 - Studies in Christian Ethics 22 (2):185-198.
Failed Agency and the Insanity Defence.Steve Matthews - 2004 - International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 27:413-424.
Intimate Homicide and the Provocation Defence – Endangering Women? R v. Smith.Mandy Burton - 2001 - Feminist Legal Studies 9 (3):247-258.
A Say in the End of the World: Morals and British Nuclear Weapons Policy, 1941-1987.Roger Ruston - 1989 - Clarendon Press.
Self-Defence and the Principle of Non-Combatant Immunity.Helen Frowe - 2011 - Journal of Moral Philosophy 8 (4):530-546.
Compatibilism and the free will defence: A reply to Bishop.Kenneth J. Perszyk - 1999 - Australasian Journal of Philosopy 77 (1):92-105.
Analytics
Added to PP
2014-01-26
Downloads
18 (#830,660)
6 months
5 (#632,816)
2014-01-26
Downloads
18 (#830,660)
6 months
5 (#632,816)
Historical graph of downloads
Citations of this work
Industrial Farming is Not Cruel to Animals.Timothy Hsiao - 2017 - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 30 (1):37-54.
The indispensable mental element of justification and the failure of purely objectivist (mostly “revisionist”) just war theories.Uwe Steinhoff - 2020 - Zeitschrift Für Ethik Und Moralphilosophie (1):51-67.
Knowing, Anticipating, Even Facilitating but Still not Intending: Another Challenge to Double Effect Reasoning.S. Duckett - 2018 - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 15 (1):33-37.
The historical approach and the ‘war of ethics within the ethics of war’.Christian Nikolaus Braun - 2018 - Journal of International Political Theory 14 (3):349-366.
PhilPapers logo by Andrea Andrews and Meghan Driscoll.
This site uses cookies and Google Analytics (see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications). Use of this site is subject to terms & conditions.
All rights reserved by The PhilPapers Foundation
Server: philpapers-web-64dd777598-wg6s5 uwo