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Nigel Biggar’s Just War: Reflections on jus ad bellum

Fabre, Cécile
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Fabre, Cécile
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Pacifism
just cause for war
proportionality in war
last resort
killing
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Peace-Building and Conflict Resolution
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4022973
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Abstract
This paper raises some questions about Biggar’s accounts of the just cause and proportionality criteria for a just war. With respect to just cause, it argues that Biggar is committed to a broader range of justifications for war than one might think. Regarding proportionality, it claims that his account thereof invites reflection on the morality of conscription, and, more important still, given the book’s main aim—to refute Christian pacifism—in fact should lead him to embrace pacifism.
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2015-08-01
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SAGE-10.1177/0953946814565313
ISSN-PRINT-0953-9468
ISSN-ELECT-1745-5235
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0953946814565313
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10.1177/0953946814565313
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© The Author(s) 2015
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