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At War’s End: Clashing Visions and the Need for Reform

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The topic of post-war justice has only recently been getting the attention it deserves. Historically, it was assumed that, as the old saying goes, “to the victor go the spoils of war.” This, however, is a sub-optimal state of affairs which needs very much to be changed. The goal of this essay, accordingly, is to construct a general set of plausible principles to guide communities seeking to resolve their armed conflicts fairly and decently. After that, quick application will be made of these principles to the on-going cases in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Brian Orend

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  1. , Philosophy Department, York University, Keele Street 4700, Toronto, M3J 1P3, Ontario, Canada

    Alice MacLachlan

  2. , Institute for Philosophy & Religion, Boston University, Commonwealth Avenue 745, Boston, 02215, USA

    Allen Speight

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Orend, B. (2013). At War’s End: Clashing Visions and the Need for Reform. In: MacLachlan, A., Speight, A. (eds) Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation in the Wake of Conflict. Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5201-6_6

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