TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Making peace with the devil: the problem of ending just wars
JO  - Journal of social and political philosophy
A1  - Forster, Elisabeth
A1  - Taylor, Isaac
SP  - 121
EP  - 137
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2752-7514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jspp.2023.0053
ID  - ref1
ER  -