Outputs (8)

Just and Unjust Coups d’état? Zimbabwe and the Ethics of Military Takeover (2017)
Digital Artefact
Finlay, C. J. (2017). Just and Unjust Coups d’état? Zimbabwe and the Ethics of Military Takeover

Is Violent Protest Ever Justified? (2017)
Digital Artefact
Finlay, C. J. (2017). Is Violent Protest Ever Justified?

Critical Dialogue: Christopher J Finlay and Dustin Ells Howes (2017)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J., & Howes, D. E. (2017). Critical Dialogue: Christopher J Finlay and Dustin Ells Howes. Perspectives on Politics, 15(03), 830-835. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592717001311

The Deadly Serious Causes of Legitimate Rebellion: Between the Wrongs of Terrorism and the Crimes of War (2017)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J. (2018). The Deadly Serious Causes of Legitimate Rebellion: Between the Wrongs of Terrorism and the Crimes of War. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 12(2), 271-287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-017-9420-2

This article challenges the tendency exhibited in arguments by Michael Ignatieff, Jeremy Waldron, and others to treat the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) as the only valid moral frame of reference for guiding (and judging) armed rebels with just cause.... Read More about The Deadly Serious Causes of Legitimate Rebellion: Between the Wrongs of Terrorism and the Crimes of War.

The Perspective of the Rebel: A Gap in the Global Normative Architecture (2017)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J. (2017). The Perspective of the Rebel: A Gap in the Global Normative Architecture. Ethics & International Affairs, 31(02), 213-234. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0892679417000089

If people have a right to rebel against domestic tyranny, wrongful foreign occupation, or colonial rule, then the normative principles commonly invoked to deal with civil conflicts present a problem. While rebels in some cases might justifiably try t... Read More about The Perspective of the Rebel: A Gap in the Global Normative Architecture.

Introduction: Legitimate Authority, War, and the Ethics of Rebellion. (2017)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J., Parry, J., & Wrange, P. (2017). Introduction: Legitimate Authority, War, and the Ethics of Rebellion. Ethics & International Affairs, 31(02), 167-168. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0892679417000156

How Subversive Are Human Rights? Civil Subversion and the Ethics of Unarmed Resistance (2017)
Book Chapter
Finlay, C. J. (2017). How Subversive Are Human Rights? Civil Subversion and the Ethics of Unarmed Resistance. In M. Gross, & T. Meisels (Eds.), Soft war : the ethics of unarmed conflict (134-151). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316450802.013

The concept of violence in international theory: a Double-Intent Account (2017)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J. (2017). The concept of violence in international theory: a Double-Intent Account. International Theory: A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy, 9(01), 67-100. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1752971916000245

The ability of international ethics and political theory to establish a genuinely critical standpoint from which to evaluate uses of armed force has been challenged by various lines of argument. On one, theorists question the narrow conception of vio... Read More about The concept of violence in international theory: a Double-Intent Account.