Can War Be Justified?: A Debate

Can war be justified? Pacifists answer that it cannot; they oppose war and advocate for nonviolent alternatives to war. But defenders of just war theory argue that in some circumstances, when the effectiveness of nonviolence is limited, wars can be justified.

Author: Andrew Fiala, Jennifer Kling
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/21/2023
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780367409173

About the Author

Andrew Fiala is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Ethics Center at California State University, Fresno. His recent works include Seeking Common Ground: A Theist/Atheist Dialogue (with Peter Admirand, 2021), Nonviolence: A Quick Immersion, Transformative Pacifism (2020), and (as editor) The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence (2018). Fiala is co-author of a widely used textbook, Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. He is the past President of Concerned Philosophers for Peace.

Jennifer Kling is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is the author of Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist: Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism (with Leland Harper, 2022), The Philosophy of Protest: Fighting for Justice Without Going to War (with Megan Mitchell, 2021), War Refugees: Risk, Justice, and Moral Responsibility (2019), and the editor of Pacifism, Politics, and Feminism: Intersections and Innovations (2019). She is also the Executive Director of Concerned Philosophers for Peace.