Conventions and the Morality of War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter C
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction vii
4. PART I. THE CHALLENGE OF SKEPTICISM
5. Moral Skepticism and International Relations 3
6. PART II. MORALITY AND THE RULES OF WAR
7. War and Massacre 53
8. Conventions and the Morality of War 75
9. War and Innocence 90
10. Self-Defense and the Killing of Noncombatants: A Reply to Fullinwider 98
11. PART III. DETERRENCE ETHICS
12. Missiles and Morals: A Utilitarian Look at Nuclear Deterrence 109
13. Doubts About Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament 152
14. Disarmament Revisited: A Reply to Kavka and Hardin 158
15. PART IV. THE MORAL STATUS OF THE NATION-STATE
16. The Rights of Political Communities (excerpts from Just and Unjust Wars) 165
17. Just War and Human Rights 195
18. The Moral Standing of States: A Response to Four Critics 217
19. The Romance of the Nation-State 238
20. PART V. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIANISM AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
21. Famine, Affluence, and Morality 247
22. Lifeboat Earth 262
23. Justice and International Relations 282
24. The Contributors 312