Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction, Richard Sorabji and David Rodin. Part I Traditions: Just war from ancient origins to the Conquistadors debate and its modern relevance, Richard Sorabji; The just war of Eastern Christians and the holy war of the Crusaders, Angeliki Laiou; Conceptions of justice in war: from Grotius to modern times, Karma Nabulsi; Arguments concerning resistance in contemporary Islam, John Kelsay; War and reason in Maimonides and Averroes, Noah Feldman; The ethics of war: Judaism, Norman Solomon; Just war in the Mahabharata, Nick Allen. Part II Contemporary Problems: The ethics of asymmetric war, David Rodin; Preventive war and the killing of the innocent, Jeff McMahan; War, humanitarian intervention and human rights, Richard Norman; Culture, the enemy and the moral restraint of war, Anthony Coates; Application of just war criteria in the period 1959-89, Richard Harries; Britain's wars since 1945, Michael Quinlan; Index.

About the Author

Professor Richard Sorabji, CBE, FBA, is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Fellow and Professor Emeritus of King's College, London. He was formerly Director of Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric. Dr David Rodin is Director of Research at Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Philosophy Faculty, Oxford, UK, and is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Australia. He is also a steering committee member for the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.