2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
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2016-2017 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PSCI 376 - Ethics Of War


Credits: Three (3)
This course explores the ethical dimensions of the use of military force up to and including war, both by states and by non-state actors. It covers not only the decisions and justifications of using force in the first place, but also the methods and means of force, once employed. The course will survey a variety of sources of military ethics, including international law, secular political philosophy, and the war ethics in various world religions.
Cross-listed: PHIL-376