Is Israel guilty of war crimes in Gaza? Should Ukraine continue to resist Russia’s invasion? Is it right that soldiers be taken to court for killing insurgents rather than arresting them? Should we introduce the concept of a right into the laws of war? These are some of the questions raised by recent and current conflicts. This series of lectures will introduce, explain, and apply the most sophisticated apparatus now available for addressing such questions: the Western Christian and philosophical tradition of the ‘just war’.
Nigel Biggar CBE is Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and author of In Defence of War (2013). He has lectured at the UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham; the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, Camberley; the Fuhrungsacademie der Bundeswehr, Hamburg; the US Military Academy, West Point; and the National Defence University, Washington DC.
