The Ethics of America's Afghan War [Full Text]
06/30/11
The United States has had a moral duty, at least since the end of 2010, actively to pursue negotiations with the Taliban and Pakistan to achieve a political settlement, conceding control of the Pashtun countryside to the Taliban.
Author(s):
Richard W. Miller
The Strategy of Graceful Decline [Full Text]
06/30/11
While Professor Miller claims that just war theory cannot "provide sufficient guidance" on the question of Afghanistan, his concerns actually fall squarely within its purview, and do not suggest its inability to critique proposals to prolong the American and NATO presence in Afghanistan.
Author(s):
George R. Lucas, Jr.
Proportionality in the Afghanistan War [Full Text]
06/30/11
Some of the questions Professor Miller addresses are concerned with proportionality, a notion whose complexities are only beginning to be appreciated. My modest ambition in this comment is to try to sharpen these questions and provide some assistance in thinking about them.
Author(s):
Jeff McMahan
Jus ex Bello in Afghanistan [Full Text]
06/30/11
I agree with Professor Miller that just war theory is limited when it comes to judging whether and how to end a war. But Miller fails to understand adequately what these limitations are and the extent to which they can be addressed within just war theory.
Author(s):
Darrel Moellendorf
Enabling Monsters: A Reply to Richard W. Miller [Full Text]
06/30/11
Richard Miller's two central theses rest on dubious predictions, and, more important, are morally objectionable. The United States would be perpetrating a major injustice if it enabled the Taliban to rule over any part of the territory and over any person.
Author(s):
Fernando R. Tesón
FIRST VIEW: Ending War [Full Text]
06/30/11
I doubt that geostrategic considerations can play the role in moral assessment that Richard Miller believes they do. But the phenomena he is pointing to do illuminate important defects in traditional just war theory.
Author(s):
David Rodin
Choosing What to Do in Afghanistan: A Reply by Richard W. Miller [Full Text]
In this online exclusive, Miller responds to the comments by Lucas, McMahan, Moellendorf, Teson, and Rodin on his essay, "The Ethics of America's Afghan War."
Author(s):
Richard W. Miller
