Additional Resources from the Carnegie Council

Chapter 1 (David C. Hendrickson on Just and Unjust Wars)

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"The Ethics of Collective Security," Ethics & International Affairs 7 (1993)

"Preserving the Imbalance of Power," Ethics & International Affairs 17, no. 1 (2003). A review essay on the 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy.

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Terry Nardin, ed., "Special Section: Twenty Years of Michael Walzer’s Just and Unjust Wars," Ethics & International Affairs 11 (1997). With contributions from Michael J. Smith, Theodore Koontz, Joseph Boyle, and Michael Walzer, and the original publication of David Hendrickson’s article "In Defense of Realism."

"Just and Unjust Wars Revisited," Introduction by Terry Nardin
"Growing Up With Just and Unjust Wars: An Appreciation," Michael J. Smith
"In Defense of Realism: A Commentary on Just and Unjust Wars," David C. Hendrickson
"Noncombatant Immunity in Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars," Theodore J. Koontz
"Just and Unjust Wars: Casuistry and the Boundaries of the Moral World," Joseph Boyle
"A Response," Michael Walzer

Jeff McMahan, "Just Cause for War," Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 3 (2005). Click here to listen to a Public Ethics Radio interview with Jeff McMahan on "Proportionality."

Thomas Hurka, "Liability and Just Cause," Ethics & International Affairs 21, 2 (2007). A response to Jeff McMahan.

Larry May, "Killing Naked Soldiers: Distinguishing Between Combatants and Noncombatants," Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 3 (2005)

James Pattison, "Just War Theory and the Privatization of Military Force," Ethics & International Affairs 22, no. 2 (2008)

Robert J. Myers, "Notes on the Just War Theory: Whose Justice, Which Wars?" Ethics & International Affairs 10 (1996)

Joel Rosenthal, Thomas Nichols, and Jean Bethke Elshtain, Debate: Just War? Carnegie Council/Center for Religious Enquiry/Interreligious Center for Public Life (June 1, 2006).

Key Terms: Just War (2007). Includes definition, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.

By Michael Walzer

Arguing About War Carnegie Council Public Affairs (October 13, 2004). This is a transcript of a talk where Walzer discusses his book of the same title.

Arguing About War Carnegie Council Public Affairs (February 28, 2006). In this follow-up to his 2004 presentation, Walzer discusses the topic of "Regime Change and Just War."

The New Killing Fields: Massacre and the Politics of Intervention, Carnegie Council Public Affairs (October 16, 2002). This is a transcript of a discussion with Walzer and Peter Maass about their contributions to an edited collection of the same title.

Universalism and Jewish Values, 20th Annual Morgenthau Memorial Lecture on Ethics & Foreign Policy (May 15, 2001)

"On Promoting Democracy," Ethics & International Affairs 22, no. 4 (2008)

Chapter 2 (Neta C. Crawford on Military Prevention)

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"The Real 'Surge' of 2007: Non-combatant Death in Iraq and Afghanistan," (2008). An opinion piece coauthored with Catherine Lutz, Robert Jay Lifton, Judith Herman, and Howard Zinn.

"Postmodern Ethics and a Critical Response," Ethics & International Affairs 12 (1998)

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Anthony F. Lang, Jr., ed., "Roundtable: Evaluating the Preemptive Use of Force," Ethics & International Affairs 17, no. 1 (2003). With contributions from Chris Brown, Michael Byers, Richard Betts, Thomas Nichols, and the original appearance of Neta Crawford’s "Slippery Slope" article.

"Evaluating the Preemptive Use of Force," Introduction by Anthony F. Lang, Jr.
"Self-Defense in an Imperfect World," Chris Brown
"Letting the Exception Prove the Rule," Michael Byers
"Striking First: A History of Thankfully Lost Opportunities," Richard K. Betts
"Just War, Not Prevention," Thomas M. Nichols
"The Slippery Slope to Preventive War," Neta Crawford

Whitley Kaufman, "What’s Wrong with Preventive War? The Moral and Legal Basis for the Use of Preventive Force," Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 3 (2005)

Scott Silverstone, The Ethical Limits to Preventive War, Carnegie Council Fellows Conference (March 28, 2005)

Allen Buchanan and Robert O. Keohane, "The Preventive Use of Force: A Cosmopolitan Institutional Proposal," Ethics & International Affairs 18, no. 1 (2004)

Allen Buchanan and Robert O. Keohane, "Justifying Preventive Force: Reply to Steven Lee," Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 2 (2005). See Steven Lee, "A Moral Critique of the Cosmopolitan Institutional Proposal," Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 2 (2005)

Richard Miller, "Justifications of the Iraq War Examined," Ethics & International Affairs 22, no. 1 (2008)

Michael W. Doyle and Harold H. Koh, "Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict," Carnegie Council Public Affairs talk, September 23, 2008. Go to the transcript, audio, and video.

Chapter 3 (David A. Crocker on Reconciliation)

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David A. Crocker, "Insiders and Outsiders in International Development Ethics," Ethics & International Affairs 5 (1991)

Democratic Development and Reckoning with the Past: The Case of Spain in Comparative Context, Carnegie Council History and the Politics of Reconciliation Program and Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, History Education Workshop (June 25, 2003). This is an analytic summary of a presentation by Elizabeth A. Cole, Carolyn Boyd, and David Crocker. It also includes excerpts from the question and answer period.

"Book Review: Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocity, by Priscilla B. Hayner, and Transitional Justice, by Ruti G. Teitel," Ethics & International Affairs 15, no. 2 (2001)

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"Special Section: Amnesty, Justice, and Reconciliation," Ethics & International Affairs 13 (1999). Includes articles by David Little, Susan Dwyer, and Margaret Popkin and Nehal Bhuta, and the original publication of David Crocker’s article on "Past Wrongs."

"Reckoning with Past Wrongs: A Normative Framework," David A. Crocker
"A Different Kind of Justice: Dealing with Human Rights Violations in Transitional Societies," David Little
"Reconciliation for Realists," Susan Dwyer
"Latin American Amnesties in Comparative Perspective: Can the Past Be Buried?," Margaret Popkin and Nehal Bhuta

Juan E. Méndez, "National Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, and the International Criminal Court," Ethics & International Affairs 15, no. 1 (2001). See also: Response to Méndez from Brad Roth.

Lynn Graybill, "South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Ethical and Theological Perspectives," Ethics & International Affairs (1998)

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, "Review Essay: Expanding the Boundaries of Transitional Justice," Ethics & International Affairs 22, no. 2 (2008)

Elizabeth A. Cole, "Review Essay: Apology, Forgiveness, and Moral Repair," Ethics & International Affairs 22, no. 4 (2008)

Elizabeth A. Cole, ed., Teaching the Violent Past: History Education and Reconciliation (New York/Lanham, MD: Carnegie Council/Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) See also the Carnegie Council's Online Book Companion.

History and the Politics of Reconciliation Program (2000–05)

Key Terms: Reconciliation (2007). Includes definition, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.

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