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dc.contributor.advisorNadeau, Christian
dc.contributor.authorShiller, Aviva
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-18T18:35:06Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen
dc.date.available2010-02-18T18:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-07
dc.date.submitted2009-07
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1866/3478
dc.subjectWeaponsen
dc.subjectSupreme Emergencyen
dc.subjectJus in Belloen
dc.subjectHistory of Warfareen
dc.subjectPhilosophyen
dc.subjectArmesen
dc.subjectUrgence Suprêmeen
dc.subjectHistoire de la Guerreen
dc.subjectPhilosophieen
dc.subject.otherPhilosophy / Philosophie (UMI : 0422)en
dc.titleDoes just war theory need to get with the times?en
dc.typeThèse ou mémoire / Thesis or Dissertation
etd.degree.disciplinePhilosophieen
etd.degree.grantorUniversité de Montréalfr
etd.degree.levelMaîtrise / Master'sen
etd.degree.nameM.A.en
dcterms.abstractLa théorie de la guerre juste a fournit les principes qui forment la base de nos intuitions concernant l’éthique de la guerre pendant plus de milles ans. Cependant, la nature de la guerre a changé drastiquement dans les derniers 50 ans. Avec les avancés technologiques, tous les aspects de la guerre, du champ de bataille aux armes utilisées, sont aujourd’hui très différents. Ce qui est proposé dans ce texte est que les principes de jus in bello sont malgré tout encore adéquats pour les guerres contemporaines. Spécifiquement, en utilisant une analyse historique, ce texte argumentera contre la condition de l’urgence suprême de Michael Walzer pour proposer une approche qui laisse les principes de bases du jus in bello intactes. Ce texte suggère que les théoriciens de la guerre juste se penchent sur la question des armes prohibées pour avoir un impacte positif dans le domaine de l’éthique de la guerre.en
dcterms.abstractJust war theory has been provided the basis for thinking about the morality of war for the past thousand years of Western history. However, the nature of warfare has dramatically altered in the last 50 years alone. With the advent of new technologies all aspects of warfare from the nature of the battlefield to the types of weapons used have changed. What this paper will argue, through a historical analysis of these technological changes, is that the principles guiding actions taken in war, the principles of jus in bello, are well equipped to deal with these changes. More specifically, this paper will argue against Michael Walzer’s famous supreme emergency condition and suggests instead that just war theorists should instead be concerned with weapons prohibitions, not in undermining the established principles of jus in bello, in order to have a favourable impact on contemporary warfare.en
dcterms.languageengen


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