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Can there be a just war?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Richard Norman
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Abstract

Richard Norman examines justifications for war that are rooted in the right of self-defence.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 3 , Issue 8 , Autumn 2004 , pp. 7 - 16
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2004

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Further reading

A classic presentation of the theory that a just war is a war of defence against aggression is: Walzer, Michael, Just and Unjust Wars (New York: Basic Books, 1977, 2nd edition 1992). An important recent criticism of the analogy between war and self-defence is: David Rodin, War and Self-Defense (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002). My own further discussion of this topic is: Richard Norman, Ethics, Killing and War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).Google Scholar