Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification
Preventive War, What Is It Good For?
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Sinnott-Armstrong, W
January 1, 2008
This chapter argues that although Bush's preventive war in Iraq is morally wrong, and his policy is too broad, some exceptional preventive wars can still be morally justified. It develops and defends a version of consequentialism about war. It then criticizes the relevant part of the most common deontological alternative - just war theory. Finally, all of this theory is applied to preventive war in general and Bush's war and policy in particular.
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Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2008). Preventive War, What Is It Good For? In Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233137.003.0009
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. “Preventive War, What Is It Good For?” In Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233137.003.0009.
Sinnott-Armstrong W. Preventive War, What Is It Good For? In: Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification. 2008.
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. “Preventive War, What Is It Good For?” Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification, 2008. Scopus, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233137.003.0009.
Sinnott-Armstrong W. Preventive War, What Is It Good For? Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification. 2008.