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posted on 2022-05-16, 11:03 authored by Josh MilburnJosh Milburn, Sara Van GoozenWar is harmful to animals, but few have considered how such harm should affect assessments of the justice of military actions. In this article, we propose a way in which concern for animals can be included within the just-war framework, with a focus on necessity and proportionality. We argue that counting animals in war will not make just-war theory excessively demanding, but it will make just-war theory more humane. By showing how animals can be included in our proportionality and necessity assessments, we provide a crucial first step towards developing an animal-inclusive account of just-war theory.
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British Academy, grant number PF19\100101
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- Social Sciences and Humanities
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- International Relations, Politics and History
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Social Theory and PracticeVolume
47Issue
4Pages
657 - 685Publisher
Philosophy Documentation CenterVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Social Theory and Practice and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract2020123110Publication date
2021-10-31Copyright date
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