Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Publication Title

International Journal of Applied Philosophy

First Page

97

Last Page

113

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap202448200

Additional Publication URL

https://www.pdcnet.org/ijap/content/ijap_2023_0037_0002_0097_0113

Abstract

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has already caused large amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and will continue to do so for many years after hostilities have ceased mainly because of the emissions linked to the rebuilding of destroyed or damaged housing, public buildings, infrastructure, factories, and the like. My aim in this paper is to discuss how in a time of climate emergency such emissions of war should impact the political morality of states initiating, continuing, and ending war (through a just and enduring peace) as understood by just war theory (JWT). My point of departure is a study by Lennard de Klerk and six co-authors detailing the emissions of the first year of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Rights

This is a post-print version of an article originally published in International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2009, Volume 23, Issue 1. The version of record is available at the Philosophy Documentation Center.

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