@article{ref1,
title="Making peace with the devil: the problem of ending just wars",
journal="Journal of social and political philosophy",
year="2023",
author="Forster, Elisabeth and Taylor, Isaac",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="121-137",
abstract="In this paper, we draw attention to an unintended but severe side effect of just war thinking: the fact that it can impose barriers to making peace. Investigating historical material concerning a series of conflicts in China during the early twentieth century, we suggest that operating in a just war framework might change actors' identities and interests in a way that makes peacemaking an unavailable action. But since just war theory places significant normative constraints on how long wars can be continued, it might thus be self-defeating, in the sense that those who adopt it may undermine the very goals which it is supposed to serve. Whether this finding calls for a revision of existing ethical frameworks governing warfare will depend on whether there are possible alternatives to just war theory that perform better at reining in unjust violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2752-7514",
doi="10.3366/jspp.2023.0053",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jspp.2023.0053"
}