Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: In this article I argue that revisionists in just war theory must further revise their proportionality principles. I show that on the revisionist view it is possible for a war to be proportionate, even though all the acts of war are disproportionate, and it is possible for a war to be disproportionate, even though all the acts of war are proportionate. I then argue that consideration of these cases shows the revisionist view, as it stands, to be unsatisfactory, and I explore some ways in which revisionists might further revise their understanding of proportionality.
Source: Ethics
DOI: 10.1086/709983
Author: Patrick Tomlin
Institution: University College London
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W3085960555