What's wrong with preventive war? The moral and legal basis for the preventive use of force.

From: Ethics & International Affairs | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

We find ourselves, it is widely claimed, in a new and unprecedented age of terrorism. The rules of the game, we are told, must change in order for us to respond to a new kind of threat from shadowy terrorist organizations not affiliated with any particular state, and with possible access to weapons of mass destruction. Among the most important of these proposed changes is that the United States should be able to wage a "preventive" war against its enemies--that is, to resort to military action before an attack has materialized, or indeed before it is even imminent. (1) In an ...

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