War Crimes and Collective Wrongdoing

This timely volume addresses urgent questions about the nature of war crimes, nationalism, ethnic cleansing and collective responsibility from a variety of moral, political and legal perspectives.

List of Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgements xiv Introduction 1 Anthony Ellis Part One What are War Crimes? 27 1 Unchosen Evil and Moral Responsibility 29 Peter A. French 2 War Crimes and Human Rights 48 Alan Gewirth 3 War Crimes: Moral, Legal, or Simply Political? 57 Jovan Babic Afterword 72 Further Reading 74 Part Two Trials for War Crimes 75 4 War Crimes and Virtue Ethics 77 Michael Slote 5 Whose Trials? Whose Reconciliation? 85 Burleigh T. Wilkins 6 What Should We Do With War Criminals? 97 Anthony Ellis 7 Accountability for War Crimes and the Legacy Nuremberg 113 Richard Falk Afterword 137 Further Reading 139 Part Three Nationalism and Collective Wrongdoing 141 8 Nationalist Morality and Crimes Against Humanity 143 Richard W. Miller 9 Moral Dimensions of Four Ways of Getting Rid of Groups 163 James W. Nickel 10 Secession and Self-Determination: A Legal, Moral, and Political Analysis 176 Alfred P. Rubin Afterword 198 Further Reading 200 Part Four The Aftermath of Collective Wrongdoing 203 11 Collective Responsibility. “Moral Luck,” and Reconciliation 205 David Cooper 12 Collective Remorse 216 Margaret Gilbert 13 Reparations to Native Americans? 236 J. Angelo Corlett 14 Transitional Justice and International Civil Society 270 David A. Crocker Afterword 301 Further Reading 303 Index 305