This timely volume addresses urgent questions about the nature of war crimes, nationalism, ethnic cleansing and collective responsibility from a variety of moral, political and legal perspectives.
List of Contributors vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction 1
Anthony Ellis
Part One What are War Crimes? 27
1 Unchosen Evil and Moral Responsibility 29
Peter A. French
2 War Crimes and Human Rights 48
Alan Gewirth
3 War Crimes: Moral, Legal, or Simply Political? 57
Jovan Babic
Afterword 72
Further Reading 74
Part Two Trials for War Crimes 75
4 War Crimes and Virtue Ethics 77
Michael Slote
5 Whose Trials? Whose Reconciliation? 85
Burleigh T. Wilkins
6 What Should We Do With War Criminals? 97
Anthony Ellis
7 Accountability for War Crimes and the Legacy Nuremberg 113
Richard Falk
Afterword 137
Further Reading 139
Part Three Nationalism and Collective Wrongdoing 141
8 Nationalist Morality and Crimes Against Humanity 143
Richard W. Miller
9 Moral Dimensions of Four Ways of Getting Rid of Groups 163
James W. Nickel
10 Secession and Self-Determination: A Legal, Moral, and Political Analysis 176
Alfred P. Rubin
Afterword 198
Further Reading 200
Part Four TlSd