Environmental Ethics of War

Name: Environmental Ethics of War
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ISBN: 9781009622714

Tamar Meisels (Tel-Aviv University)

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English

Cambridge University Press
24 April 2025

Military history; Social issues & processes; War & defence operations; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Global warming

Series: Elements in International Relations

War is bad for nature, yet relatively little attention has been devoted to environmental military ethics by just war theorists and philosophers of war. Most wars since 1945 have been civil conflicts, often in areas containing the greatest biodiversity. Combining environmental ethics with ethics of war, this Element examines how the environmental crisis should challenge and change the rules of war. While environmental wartime regulation has been addressed rarely by just war theorists, environmental jus ad bellum has hardly been tackled at all. Can environmental harm trigger a new justification for war? Can targeting nature constitute terrorism? And what would be a proportionate response to 'environmental aggression'? With global degradation and climate change right around the corner, this Element discusses some of the most pressing practical ethics issues of our times, suggesting that grave environmental transgressions should be combatted by measures that do not themselves cause disproportionate harm to nature.

By: Tamar Meisels (Tel-Aviv University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009622714
ISBN 10: 1009622714
Series: Elements in International Relations
Pages: 84
Publication Date: 24 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Environmental Ethics of War

'If our species is determined to find new causes for war, then this book is clearly a milestone in trying to address the ethics of this, and Meisel's choice of case study will become less sensitive in years to come when the current Middle East conflict hopefully reaches resolution. The accessibility of this work (it does not require the reader to be versed in moral philosophy nor IHL) means that it will become a key reference for many.' John Hutchins, Medicine, Conflict and Survival