Just War and Ordered Liberty
Just War and Ordered Liberty by Paul D. Miller, published by Cambridge University Press on January 7, 2021, is a 200-page exploration of the concept of just war within the context of political science and international relations. The book delves into the complexities of justice in warfare, examining the intellectual history of just war through three distinct traditions: Augustinian, Westphalian, and Liberal. Miller argues that a shared understanding of justice is essential for defining when war can be considered just.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of how these traditions relate to natural law, justice, and sovereignty. The text emphasizes the importance of recovering central ideas from the Augustinian tradition, particularly the notion of sovereignty as a responsibility for the common good. Miller posits that the violent disruption of ordered liberty justifies the use of force, framing the vindication and restoration of ordered liberty as a core requirement of justice in the context of warfare. This edition provides a comprehensive examination of these themes, contributing to ongoing discussions in philosophy, law, and geopolitics.
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When is war just? What does justice require? If we lack a commonly-accepted understanding of justice – and thus of just war – what answers can we find in the intellectual history of just war? Miller argues that just war thinking should be understood as unfolding in three traditions: the Augustinian, the Westphalian, and the Liberal, each resting on distinct understandings of natural law, justice, and sovereignty. The central ideas of the Augustinian tradition (sovereignty as responsibility for the common good) can and should be recovered and worked into the Liberal tradition, for which human rights serves the same function. In this reconstructed Augustinian Liberal vision, the violent disruption of ordered liberty is the injury in response to which force may be used and war may be justly waged. Justice requires the vindication and restoration of ordered liberty in, through, and after warfare.
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