When is it Right (or Wrong) to Rebel? Considering Syria Through the Writings of Thomas Hobbes Shows the Promise and Perils of Revolution
(2018)
Digital Artefact
Finlay, C. J. (2018). When is it Right (or Wrong) to Rebel? Considering Syria Through the Writings of Thomas Hobbes Shows the Promise and Perils of Revolution. [Zocalo Public Square]
Outputs (43)
Just War, Cyber War, and the Concept of Violence (2018)
Journal Article
Finlay, C. J. (2018). Just War, Cyber War, and the Concept of Violence. Philosophy & Technology, 31(3), 357-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-017-0299-6Recent debate on the relationship between cyber threats, on the one hand, and both strategy and ethics on the other focus on the extent to which ‘cyber war’ is possible, both as a conceptual question and an empirical one. Whether it can is an importa... Read More about Just War, Cyber War, and the Concept of Violence.
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/s11572-017-9420-2This 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/s0892679417000089If 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/s1752971916000245The 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.