Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables, figures and boxes
- Contributors
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Guide to online instructor resources
- Introduction: The origins and changing agendas of international relations
- Part 1 Theories of International Relations
- Part 2 International history
- Part 3 The traditional agenda: States, wars and law
- Chapter 12 The modern state
- Chapter 13 Nations and nationalism
- Chapter 14 Security
- Chapter 15 Arms control and disarmament
- Chapter 16 The ethics and laws of war
- Chapter 17 International law
- Chapter 18 Diplomacy
- Chapter 19 The United Nations
- Part 4 The new agenda: Globalisation and global challenges
- References
- Index
- Figure and text acknowledgements
Chapter 16 - The ethics and laws of war
from Part 3 - The traditional agenda: States, wars and law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables, figures and boxes
- Contributors
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Guide to online instructor resources
- Introduction: The origins and changing agendas of international relations
- Part 1 Theories of International Relations
- Part 2 International history
- Part 3 The traditional agenda: States, wars and law
- Chapter 12 The modern state
- Chapter 13 Nations and nationalism
- Chapter 14 Security
- Chapter 15 Arms control and disarmament
- Chapter 16 The ethics and laws of war
- Chapter 17 International law
- Chapter 18 Diplomacy
- Chapter 19 The United Nations
- Part 4 The new agenda: Globalisation and global challenges
- References
- Index
- Figure and text acknowledgements
Summary
This chapter provides a brief introduction to the ethics and laws of war. The first part outlines what international law and the ‘just war’ tradition say about war; the second explores the conduct of war; and the third examines two recent dilemmas as examples of moral and legal debate: the legitimacy of pre-emptive self-defence and the use of cluster bombs.
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- An Introduction to International Relations , pp. 221 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024