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Andrew Alexandra

Andrew Alexandra

Andrew Alexandra teaches Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, where he was Director of the Australian Research Council Special Research Centre in Applied Philosophy and Public Philosophy from 2006-12. He has research interests and extensive publications across a wide range of issues in professional and applied ethics and political philosophy. He is currently writing a book on pacifism.

Andrew Alexandra reviews 'In Defence of War' by Nigel Biggar

June–July 2014, no. 362 27 May 2014
This book by Nigel Biggar, Anglican minister and Oxford Professor of Theology, is in the rich and broad tradition of thinking about war known as Just War Theory (JWT). JWT sees war as justifiable, but holds that decisions about going to war, as well as about the way it is fought, are subject to moral constraints. While it has its roots in classical philosophy, and has incorporated elements of chiv ... (read more)