Table of Contents

• War and International Justice: A Kantian Perspective by Brian Orend
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part One: Kant's Just War Theory
• Chapter 1. Kant's Context
• Introduction
• Groundwork to Kant's Internationalism
• The Core Principles of Kant's Practical Philosophy
• Kant's General Conception of International Justice
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 2. Kant's Just War Theory
• The Traditional Reading: No Just War
• Neither Realism nor Pacifism
• Traditional Just War Theory
• The Principles of Kant's Just War Theory
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 3. Critical Evaluation of Kant's International Theory
• General Criticisms of Some Core Claims
• Criticisms of the International Theory of Justice
• Criticisms of Kant's Just War Theory
• Constitutive Elements of a Contemporary Kantian Internationalism
• Contemporary Relevance
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Part Two: A Contemporary Kantian Just War Theory
• Chapter 4. Contemporary Kantian Internationalism: Human Rights and Ideal Rules of International Law
• Human Rights from a Kantian Point of View
• International Justice in General
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 5. The Refutation of Realism and Pacifism
• Realism
• Pacifism
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 6. Jus ad Bellum
• Groundwork
• Just Cause
• Right Intention
• Proper Authority, Public Declaration and Domestic Rights Protection
• No Precipitate Resort to Force
• Probability of Success
• (Macro-) Proportionality
• Two Real-World Cases for Applying Jus ad Bellum
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Chapter 7. Jus post Bellum
• The Status Quo of War Termination and Its Deficiencies
• Particular Wars, Immediate Aftermaths
• Summary of Jus post Bellum Principles
• One Real-World Application of Jus post Bellum: The Persian Gulf War
• War in General: Long-term Structural Reform
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Brian Orend, a philosophy professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, has also taught at Columbia University in New York City.

Reviews

``For many reasons this book...is a valuable contribution to the just war tradition.'' -- J. M. Betz -- Choice

``Opening a new topic in Kant scholarship as well as a new perspective on international relations, Brian Orend has delivered an impressive first book that is likely to refresh and stimulate debate.'' -- Thomas W. Pogge, Columbia University

``With a nice combination of insight and ingenuity, Orend discovers and constructs a Kantian account of just war -- which is marked by a unique emphasis on jus post bellum, the justice of post-war settlements. He then develops this account precisely and elegantly....The result is an important contribution to the philosophical analysis of morality and war.'' -- Michael Walzer, Institute of Advance Studies, Princeton University