‘Just War Theory’ subject of IUB gathering Dec. 4

The presentation will include two respondents, George Lopez, senior fellow and director of policy studies at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and Richard Miller, chair of the IUB Department of Religious Studies.

Walzer is author of numerous books and articles, including Spheres of Justice, Exodus and Revolution, What It Means to Be an American: Essays on the American Experience, and Just and Unjust Wars. The latter, sub-titled A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations, was published in 1977 at the end of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Walzer drew heavily on examples from World War II and the war in Vietnam. Currently, he is examining the situation in the Middle East. In the Sept. 30 issue of The New Republic, Walzer argued that President George W. Bush’s push for war with Iraq is neither just nor necessary.

The lecture is sponsored by the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, the Department of Religious Studies and the Center on Philanthropy.