American exceptionalism: A consequentialist attempt at justifying preventive war with Iraq

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" American exceptionalism: A consequentialist attempt at justifying preventive war with Iraq "
Peter J. Monopoli, III W. Nelson

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53099
Doc. No	:	TL23053
Call number	:	‭1439545‬
Main Entry	:	Peter J. Monopoli, III
Title & Author	:	American exceptionalism: A consequentialist attempt at justifying preventive war with Iraq\ Peter J. Monopoli, III
College	:	University of Houston
Date	:	2006
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2006
Page No	:	74
Abstract	:	I start with an explanation of American exceptionalism and preventive war and their relationship with the Bush administration's justification for the war in Iraq. I then extract a possible consequentialist justification for exceptionalism and prevention from David Luban's article "Preventive War." The consequentialist justification is contrasted with a strict nonconsequentialist prohibition of preventive war given by Michael Walzer in Just War: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations. While I suggest that there is an impassible divide between Luban's consequentialist justification and Walzer's nonconsequentialist prohibition, a bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist thought on just war is built by taking a rule utilitarian approach. I argue that by taking such an approach, (1) consequentialists and nonconsequentialists are supplied with a practical solution to their major disagreements and (2) the possible consequentialist justification for preventive war taken from Luban is refuted.
Subject	:	Philosophy, religion and theology; Social sciences; Philosophy; International law; International relations; 0422:Philosophy; 0616:International relations; 0616:International law
Added Entry	:	W. Nelson
Added Entry	:	University of Houston