Supreme Emergencies Without the Bad Guys |
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Authors: | Per Sandin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy and the History of Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses the application of the supreme emergency doctrine from just-war theory to non-antagonistic threats. Two
versions of the doctrine are considered: Michael Walzer’s communitarian version and Brian Orend’s prudential one. I investigate
first whether the doctrines are applicable to non-antagonistic threats, and second whether they are defensible. I argue that
a version of Walzer’s doctrine seems to be applicable to non-antagonistic threats, but that it is very doubtful whether the
doctrine is defensible. I also argue that Orend’s version of the doctrine is applicable to non-antagonistic threats, but that
his account is not defensible, regardless of whether the threats are antagonistic or not.
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Keywords: | Ethics Supreme emergency Just war Disease control |
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