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1Just War and Judgment in Fratelli TuttiStudies in Christian Ethics. forthcoming.For decades the papal tradition has renounced the term ‘war’ as something around which to build an ethical approach. One can sympathize with this: resort to war seems the consequence of ethical failure and brings in its train a host of brutalities including rape, torture, and murder that harm both victims and perpetrators. But that view of ‘war’ is an incomplete representation of the possibilities of the uses of force to secure legitimate political goods. Thus the popes have struggled to maintai…Read more
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20Just War Theory and the Problem of International PoliticsJournal of the Society of Christian Ethics 26 (1): 163-175. 2006.IN THIS ESSAY WE ARGUE FOR A RECONFIGURATION OF JUST WAR THEORY around the principle of just intention. A just intention—based just war theory can overcome problems inherent in two alternative "ideal-typical" accounts of just war theory. The "internationalist" account argues for the promotion of justice, by analogy to its pursuit in domestic politics. The "realist" account, on the other hand, favors the particular manifestations of justice within states. Taken together, these two accounts comple…Read more
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140Book Reviews : Unemployment and the Future of Work: an enquiry for the churches. London: CCBI Publications, 1997. 304 pp. pb. £8.50. ISBN 0-85169-238-9 (review)Studies in Christian Ethics 12 (1): 131-133. 1999.
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35Consciousness in Human and Nonhuman AnimalsThe National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 8 (1): 33-42. 2008.
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25Can Postmodern War Be Moral? Questioning Discrimination and Proportion in KosovoJournal for Peace and Justice Studies 11 (1): 1-16. 2000.
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98Just war theories reconsidered: Problems with prima facie duties and the need for a political ethicJournal of Religious Ethics 33 (1): 119-137. 2005.This essay challenges a "meta-theory" in just war analysis that purports to bridge the divide between just war and pacifism. According to the meta-theory, just war and pacifism share a common presumption against killing that can be overridden only under conditions stipulated by the just war criteria. Proponents of this meta-theory purport that their interpretation leads to ecumenical consensus between "just warriors" and pacifists, and makes the just war theory more effective in reducing recours…Read more
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258On Behalf of the Neighbor: a Rejection of the Complementarity of Just-War Theory and PacifismStudies in Christian Ethics 14 (2): 87-108. 2001.
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24Production of pluripotent stem cells by oocyte-assisted reprogramming: joint statement with signatoriesThe National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 5 (3). 2005.
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The Catholic Moral Tradition Today: A Synthesis ; Christian Ethics: An IntroductionHeythrop Journal 41 (n/a): 352-354. 2000.