Moral Constraints on War

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.

• PrefaceBruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans and Nick FotionIntroductionNick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Ruben Apressyan, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu TianPART I Jus ad BellumChapter 1: Just CauseBruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Zafer Kizilkaya, Anthony Hartle and Xu TianChapter 2: Legitimate AuthorityBruno Coppieters, Carl Ceulemans, Jelle Leunis, Xu Tian and Zafer KizilkayaChapter 3: Right IntentionsBruno Coppieters, Boris Kashnikov, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu TianChapter 4: Likelihood of SuccessNick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu TianChapter 5: ProportionalityNick Fotion, Zafer Kizilkaya, Xu Tian, Bruno CoppietersChapter 6: Last Resort Bruno Coppieters, Ruben Apressyan, Boris Kashnikov, Zafer Kizilkaya and Xu TianPART II Jus in BelloChapter 7: DiscriminationCarl Ceulemans, Bruno Coppieters, Anthony Hartle, Zafer Kizilkaya, Jelle Leunis, Xu Tian and Guy Van DammeChapter 8: ProportionalityNick Fotion, Bruno Coppieters, Zafer Kizilkaya, Guy Van Damme and Xu TianChapter 9: The Doctrine of Double EffectBruno Coppieters and Nick FotionChapter 10: Are Combatants Moral Equals?Carl Ceulemans and Nick FotionPART III CasesChapter 11: Dropping the Atomic Bomb. Nick FotionChapter12: The Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiBruno CoppietersChapter 13:The Korean War, 1950-1953Nick FotionChapter 14: Drone WarfareCarl Ceulemans and Jelle LeunisChapter 15: Concluding CommentsNick 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.”