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dc.contributor.authorJ. Bellamy, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:49:42Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:49:42Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2014-06-11T01:16:10Z
dc.identifier.issn00471178
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0047117805055407
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/60020
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the question of whether the war on terror is just. It begins by arguing that the Just War tradition offers a better way of asking moral questions about war than either pacifism or realism. Applying the Just War tradition suggests that in order to justify a war on terrorism, we need to know exactly who the terrorists are and whether they have given us just cause for war. The war on terror as conceived by the Bush administration does not satisfy these tests because it threatens to wage war on those who have done no wrong and constitutes a disproportionate response. Whilst the war on terror may be unjust, war against specific terrorists may certainly be justifiable. The final part of the article explores some of the jus in bello elements of the war on terror and raises grave concerns about the way that the US and its allies are conducting the war.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom275
dc.relation.ispartofpageto296
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Relations
dc.relation.ispartofvolume19
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Theory and Political Philosophy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational Relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160609
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160607
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.titleIs the War on Terror Just?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBellamy, Alex J.


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