John Locke's Morality of War

@article{citeulike:226279, abstract = {This article outlines Locke's theory of war as found in his political writings and seeks to redress a perceived imbalance in John Locke's morality of war. Locke's strident rejection of any sense of proportionality in warfare against unjust aggression, as read in the Second Treatise of Government, has to be tempered with his general philosophical programme against extremism of any sort. Arguably, Locke's war ethic when read alone is strict, objective, and emphatic, but when compared with his epistemological work, its righteousness is reduced to extreme circumstances.}, author = {Moseley, Alexander }, citeulike-article-id = {226279}, doi = {10.1080/15027570510030824}, issn = {1502-7570}, journal = {Journal of Military Ethics}, keywords = {locke, war}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {119--128}, posted-at = {2006-12-02 09:13:04}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis Ltd}, title = {John Locke's Morality of War}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570510030824}, volume = {4}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:226279 L3 - citeulike-article-id:226279 TI - John Locke's Morality of War JF - Journal of Military Ethics VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 119 EP - 128 PB - Taylor and Francis Ltd SN - 1502-7570 N2 - This article outlines Locke's theory of war as found in his political writings and seeks to redress a perceived imbalance in John Locke's morality of war. Locke's strident rejection of any sense of proportionality in warfare against unjust aggression, as read in the Second Treatise of Government, has to be tempered with his general philosophical programme against extremism of any sort. Arguably, Locke's war ethic when read alone is strict, objective, and emphatic, but when compared with his epistemological work, its righteousness is reduced to extreme circumstances. KW - locke KW - war AU - Moseley, Alexander PY - 2005/06// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15027570510030824 ER -