THE
JUST WAR NEWSLETTER
Issue No. 7 October 2016
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Conferences and Events
3. Recent Publications
4. Call for Papers
5. Academic Programs
6. Internet Resources
1. INTRODUCTION
The Just War Newsletter is an
electronic publication for announcements and new developments for researchers,
teachers and practitioners whose work involves the doctrine of just war.
Written and published by Michael Kocsis, it is meant to serve anyone working in
academia, the public service, non-governmental organizations, and the military.
If you wish to be added to the mailing list, contact us at msk3@queensu.ca Back-issues
are posted on the WWW at: http://thejustwarnewsletter.blogspot.ca/
2. CONFERENCES AND
EVENTS
A Workshop on “War and
Sovereignty” was held on May 20th at King’s College London. Several
issues concerning the role of sovereignty in just war were covered in
presentations by Christopher Finlay, Cecile Fabre, Massimo Renzo, and Allen
Buchanan.
A Special Exhibition
Symposia on the topic “Art and War: New Perspectives” was held at New York City’s
The Frick Collection on Friday Sept. 16th. The event was held in conjunction with the exhibition Watteau’s Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life
in Eighteenth-Century France, and it explored questions such as the
following; What representational pressures and aesthetic challenges has war
created? How can art convey the experience of war? What can we learn from
examinations of this relationship during an era of perpetual war? To view the
program, visit the following website: https://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/program/education/Art_and_War_Symposim_Program.pdf
A conference entitled
“Historical Responsibility: From the Myths of the Past to the Responsibilities
of the Future” took place on September 22-23rd at the Department of
Social Philosophy of Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg (Russia). A wide range of issues concerning responsibility for
historical wrongs was discussed in multiple panel sessions. Daria Tomiltseva
and Irina Simonova were the event’s organizers.
A conference on “Kant,
Rights and the State” was held the University of Oxford’s Merton College on
September 24-25th. A series of short presentations with lengthy
follow-up discussions concerning Kant’s Doctrine
of Right were included. Luke Davies and Ela Naegele were the event’s
organizers.
An International Conference
on “Women in Modern Wars” was held in Lisbon on September 28-29 at the New
University of Lisbon. Information about presenters, abstracts, and other details
are posted on the conference website: https://womenmodernwars.wordpress.com/programa-programme/
An event to explore the U.S.
Civil War is taking place at the University of Mississippi on October 6-8, organized
by the Center for Civil War Research and the Arch Dalrymple III Department of
History. Entitled “A Just and Lasting Peace: Reconstructions and the Making of
Postwar America”, the event will discuss multiple dimensions of Reconstruction
and its aftermath. Heather
Cox Richardson (Boston College) will deliver the keynote address. For further details
visit the conference website: http://www.civilwarcenter.olemiss.edu/Conference2016.shtml
A Conference on
“The Future of Human Dignity: Human Dignity as the Foundation of Human Rights?”
will take place from October 11-13th at the Hotel Mitland, Utrecht (The
Netherlands). Organized by Utrecht University, the event’s Keynote Speakers
will include Deryck Beyleveld, Katrin Flikschuh, Stefan Gosepath, Avishai
Margalit, Julia Tao, among others. Visit this conference website for further
details: http://humandignity.sites.uu.nl/the-future-of-human-dignity/ or contact event organizers via
email: vici.futureofhumandignity@gmail.com
A Workshop on
Gerald Gaus’s The Tyranny of the Ideal
will take place at Monash University on October 13th. Gaus will
deliver a talk, followed by several presentations on the book. Limited
information is found on this PhilEvents posting: http://philevents.org/event/show/25698
A Conference called "Developing a Normative Framework for Cyberwarfare" is will be held at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on October 17-18th. Registration for the event is free, but invitation-only. Those interested in attending should send a request to conference organizers at the following email address: jonathan.t.milgrim@wmich.edu A detailed description of the conference, including travel logistics, a tentative agenda, and more, can be found here: http://ethics.calpoly.edu/usna.htm
The School of Philosophy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow is hosting an event on October 20th on the “Phenomenon of War in the Humanities: History and Research Perspectives”. The event will explore several enduring questions included in just war discourse. Interested authors should submit abstracts of 250w plus a brief CV prior to Oct 10th to the conference organizers at: warphilhse@gmail.com A Conference Call for Papers (in Russian) can be found at the following website: https://hum.hse.ru/warphil/announcements/189870573.html
The School of Philosophy at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow is hosting an event on October 20th on the “Phenomenon of War in the Humanities: History and Research Perspectives”. The event will explore several enduring questions included in just war discourse. Interested authors should submit abstracts of 250w plus a brief CV prior to Oct 10th to the conference organizers at: warphilhse@gmail.com A Conference Call for Papers (in Russian) can be found at the following website: https://hum.hse.ru/warphil/announcements/189870573.html
A conversation on
“Peace in the Catholic Social Tradition: Rethinking Just War Theory” will be
held in Fromm Hall at the University of San Francisco on November 4th.
Details about the time and place of the event can be found at: https://www.usfca.edu/event/2016-11-04-1400/peace-the-catholic-social-tradition-rethinking-just-war-theory
On November 16th
an American Academy of Arts and Sciences project on “New Dilemmas in Ethics, Technology
and War” will host a meeting at Stanford University entitled “A Collective
Moral Awakening: Ethical Choices in War and Peace.” The discussion will be led
by Debra Satz and include presentations by Scott Sagan, Joseph Felter and Paul
Wise. An event registration form can be
found at: https://www.amacad.org/content/members/cEventRegForm.aspx?id=20245
For further
details, contact Kristin Seabolt via email at: kseabolt@amacad.org
or by telephone at: 617-576-5032.
Another event
organized under the auspices of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
project on “New Dilemmas in Ethics, Technology and War” will take place on
November 29th at the School of Security Studies, King’s College
London. This
Panel Discussion will facilitate a re-thinking of the ethics of nuclear
weapons; a consideration of the consequences of collateral damage; and an
exploration of related issues of public opinion, soldiers, and war. For further
details, watch for updates on the AMACAD website: http://www.amacad.org/content/Research/researchproject.aspx?d=1552
The 3rd
Annual Conference of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics at the
University of Birmingham will take place on June 1-2nd, 2017. The
theme will be “Humanitarian Ethics and Action”, and keynote speakers will
include Simon Caney, Cecile Fabre, Hugo Slim and Helen Frowe. Those interested
in participating should send abstracts of 500w for presentations of 20 minutes
prior to March 1st to the email address below. The Call for Papers
is posted here: http://globalethics2017.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html
Further information about the conference can be found on this conference
website: http://globalethics2017.weebly.com/ or by sending an email to: globalethics2017@gmail.com
A conference
entitled “Space, Not War! An International Call for Action”. The event is being
organized by Space Renaissance International and is scheduled to take place in
Italy during the spring of 2017. The deadline for abstract submission is Feb.
28 (2017) and extensive information about the event, its philosophical content,
and its various symposia and topics can be found on this conference website: http://www.spacenotwar.space/call_for_papers.php The Abstract Submission
Form is located here: http://www.spacenotwar.space/Abstract_submission_form_SNW.php
3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Books (US$)
Allhoff, Fritz, Adam Henschke and Bradley Jay Strawser (eds) (2016)
Binary Bullets: The Ethics of Cyberwarfare (Oxford University Press) $19.77
Backer, David, Ravinder Bhavani et. al. (eds) (2016) Peace and Conflict
2016 (Routledge) $47.50
Bakogianni, Anastasia and Valerie M. Hope (eds) (2016) War as Spectacle:
Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict (Bloomsbury
Academic) $37.95
Boothby, William H. (2016) Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict 2nd
Edition (Oxford University Press) $160.00
Brooks, Rosa (2016) How Everything Became War and the Military Became
Everything: Tales from the Pentagon (Simon & Schuster) $16.31
Bhuta, Nehal, Susanne Beck et. al. (eds) (2016) Autonomous Weapons
Systems: Law, Ethics and Policy (Cambridge University Press) $39.99
Coates, A.J. (2016) The Ethics of War 2nd Edition (Manchester
University Press) $30.00
Crawford, Emily and Alison Pert (eds) (2015) International Humanitarian
Law (Cambridge University Press) $64.99
Cumming, Ryan P. (2016) The African American Challenge to Just War
Theory: A Christian Approach (Palgrave Macmillan) $95.00
Davis, Lisa Marie (2016) War Spoils Culture: International Legal
Instruments and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict (Lap
Lambert Academic Publishing) $47.00
Dilbeck, D.H. (2016) A More Civil War: How the Union Waged a Just War
(University of North Carolina Press) $29.36
Dinges, Bruce J. and Shirley A Leckie (eds) (2016) A Just and Righteous
Cause: Benjamin H. Grierson’s Civil War Memoir (Southern Illinois University
Press) $24.50
Dinstein, Yoram (2016) The Conduct of Hostilities Under the Law of
International Armed Conflict 3rd Edition (Cambridge University
Press) $49.99
Dinstein, Yoram (2015) Non-International Armed Conflicts in
International Law (Cambridge University Press) $48.49
Dubik,
James M. (2016) Just War Reconsidered: Strategy, Ethics and Theory (University
of Kentucky Press) $49.19
Eberle,
Christopher J. (2016) Justie and the Just War Tradition: Human Worth, Moral
Formation an Armed Conflict (Routledge) $140.00
Eckert, Amy
E. (2016) Outsourcing War: The Just War Tradition in the Age of Military
Privatization (North Carolina University Press) $39.95
Erasmus
(2016) The Complaint of Peace (CreateSpace Independent Publishing) $4.95
Goldsworthy,
Adrian (2016) Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World (Yale
University Press) $20.11
Gormall,
Luke, David Albert Jones and Roger Teichmann (eds) (2016) The Moral Philosophy
of Elizabeth Anscombe (Routledge) $70.23
Hensel,
Howard M. (ed.) The Legitimate Use of Military Force: The Just War Tradition
and the Customary Law of Armed Conflict (Routledge) $59.95
Hill, John
Lawrence (2016) After the Natural Law: How the Classical Worldview Supports Our
Modern Moral and Political Views (Ignatius Press) $19.30
International
Institute of Strategic Studies (ed) (2016) Armed Conflict Survey 2016
(Routledge) $370.17
Johnson,
James Turner (2016) Ethics of the Use of Force: Just War in Historical
Perspective (Routledge) $54.95
Johnson,
James Turner (2014) Just War Tradition and the Restraint of War: A Moral and
Historical Inquiry (Princeton University Press) $56.49
Junger,
Sebastian (2016) Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging (Twelve Press) $13.58
Leveringhaus,
Alex (2016) Ethics and Autonomous Weapons (Palgrave Pilot) $56.49
Mattis, Jim
and Kori N. Schake (eds) (2016) Warriors and Citizens: American Views of our
Military (Hoover Institution Press) $25.21
Mazanic,
Brian M. (2015) The Evolution of Cyber War: International Norms for
Emerging-Technology Weapons (Potomac Books) $28.43
Miller,
Donald J. (2016) From Just War to Just Peace: A Story of Hope (World Council of
Churches) $7.00
Murray,
Williamson and Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh (2016) A Savage War: A Military History of
the Civil War (Princeton University Press) $26.74
Ohlin, Jens
David (ed) (2016) Theoretical Boundaries of Armed Conflict and Human Rights
(Cambridge University Press) $116.43
Palmer,
Harold (2016) Christian Pacifism and Just War Theory: Discipleship and the
Ethics of War, Violence and the Use of Force (TellerBooks) $6.99
Preston,
Diana (2016) A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I that Forever
Changed the Nature of Warfare (Bloomsbury Press) $13.78
Scales, Bob
(2016) Scales on War: The Future of America’s Military at Risk (Naval Institute
Press) $22.84
Solis, Gary
D. (2016) The Law of Armed Conflict: International Humanitarian Law in War 2nd
Edition (Cambridge University Press) $121.25
Swanson,
David (2016) War is a Lie 2nd Edition (Just World Books) $14.35
Taylor,
Alan (2016) American Revolutions: A Continental History 1750-180 4 (W. Norton
and Company) $29.16
White,
Ronald C. (2016) American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant (Random House)
$23.43
Winright,
Tobias (2015) Can War be Just in the 21st Century? (Orbis Books)
$36.00
Wouters,
Jan, Philip De Man and Nele Verlinden (2016) Armed Conflicts and the Law
(Intersentia) $91.00
Journal Special Issue
A Special Issue of Studies
in Christian Ethics is dedicated to discussion of Nigel Biggar’s book In
Defense of War (Vol. 28, No. 3, 2015). Essays by John Kelsay, James Turner
Johnson, Cian O’Driscoll, Esther D. Reed, Paul Schulte, and others are
included, followed by a Biggar response article.
4. CALL FOR PAPERS
The journal
Ethics and Politics welcomes
submissions for a monographic special issue on the topic of “Supererogation and
the Limits of Moral Obligation”. The issue will include original essays by
invited contributors and essays selected from submissions to the call for
papers, with all selected essays exploring various features of supererogatory
duties and the limits of ethical obligation. Submissions should be sent to the
following email address before Sept. 30th: grigoletto.simone@gmail.com A call for papers can be
viewed at the following website: http://www2.units.it/etica/2016_1/CFP.pdf
The journal
Essays in Philosophy invites
submissions for a special issue on “Effective Altruism” (Vol. 18, No. 1). Guest
edited by William MacAskill and Jeff Johnson, this issue will include a breadth
of topics related to demandingness, moral foundations, and risks associated
with this theme. Submissions should be sent prior to Sept. 30th
to the editors through the following email address: ramona.ilea@pacificu.edu For further details,
visit the EIP webpage: http://commons.pacificu.edu/eip/topics.html
Essay
submissions are invited for a collection tentatively entitled “Just War Theory
in an Age of Terror”. Proposals should be for essays of
5000-7500w that focus on one dimension of just war theory in relation to a
particular text emerging from the war on terrorism. Authors interested in
contributing should submit a one-page proposal view email, along with a brief
CV, to Ty Hawkins (thawkins@walsh.edu) by October 15th.
View the call for papers at the following location:
The journal
Lo Sguardo welcomes proposals for
essays on “Revolution a Century Later (1917-2017)” (Issue XXV, October 2017).
Several topics related to the Russian Revolution will be explored, including
‘philosophy and revolution’, ‘global revolution’, ‘narratives of revolution’,
and post-revolutionary communisms’. Contributors should send abstracts of up to
4000w, including a title and description of the proposed essay, to the editors
prior to October 30th to this email address: callforpapers@losguardo.net To view the call for papers, go to:
Contributions are invited for an upcoming collection of essays on
“Transitional Justice” which will be edited by Aleksandar Fatic and Klaus
Bachmann. The collection will be comprised of papers originally presented at
the conference “Transition without Justice?” held in Novi Sad (Serbia) in Sept.
2016. New submissions exploring theoretical and value-based aspects of
transitional justice, criminal justice, responsibility, war crimes, and related
questions are especially welcome. Potential authors should send essay
submissions to aleksandarfatic@gmail.com
and k.bachmann@feps.pl
prior to November 15th.
5. ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS
The
deadline is November 1st to apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Practical Philosophy attached to the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and
Peace. The selected Fellow will produce analytic research within the Centre’s areas
of the ethics of war and peace, including but not limited to humanitarian
intervention, national-defence, pacifism, collectivism, terrorism, civil war,
revolution, war crimes, crimes against humanity, the moral status of combatants
and non-combatants, war and technology, reconstruction and reconciliation,
‘just peace’ and legitimate authority. Complete application information can be
found here: http://www.su.se/english/about/vacancies/vacancies-new-list?rmpage=job&rmjob=1962&rmlang=UK and further information
on the position can be obtained from Staffan Carlshamre (staffan.carlshamre@philosophy.su.se) or Helen Frowe (helen.frowe@philosophy.su.se).
6. INTERNET RESOURCES
The
Hague Institute for Global Justice hosts a project on
“The Responsibility to Protect, Just War Theory, and Prevention of Mass
Atrocities”. This project website displays a range of working papers,
commentaries, keynote addresses, and interviews on these topics by academics
and NGO specialists around the world.
On the website E-InternationalRelations.info,
a student essay written by Toh Junhan postulates an “Eastern Interpretation of
Just War Theory” based on Chinese and Hindu understandings of the ethics of
war.
This website, entitled The Catholic Nonviolence
Initiative, is a project following from the “Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference”
held in Rome April 11-13, 2016. The website contains a range of information
about Catholicism’s commitment to principled nonviolence as well as a list of
global organizations signed on to participate in the Initiative.
This review essay by
Laurence Vance is posted on the Libertarian
Christian Institute’s website. It discusses a number of published works
concerning the “Moral Bankruptcy of Just War Theory”.
This article by just war
critic Laurie Calhoun on the AntiWarBlog
summarizes her previous, zealous challenges to the just war paradigm and
outlines why she thinks they have been disregarded by prominent American
political leaders and Western intellectuals who defend just war doctrines.
Announcements
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