Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Future of Just War: Theoretical and Practical Challenges

Dates: October 7 – 9, 2015
Location: Monterey, California

Deadline for submissions:  May 30th, 2015
Notification of acceptance: June 15th, 2015

Any paper on any topic related to the ethics of war, just war theory, the moral implications of the future and changing nature of warfare, or related issues will be considered. However, some preference will be given to papers that consider the ethical implications of new, emerging, and future military technology and the resulting changing nature of warfare. The conference organizers are specifically hoping for strong ethics papers on cyberwarfare and unmanned and robotic weapons systems. We also hope to have an interdisciplinary event and welcome submissions from a range of fields including, but not limited to: philosophy, law, public policy, political science, international relations, or related fields. Submissions from active scientists, researchers, or practitioners are also welcome, particularly insofar as those presentations could complement the ethics theme of the conference.

To submit a paper for consideration, please submit an extended abstract of 500 to 800 words. Full papers will also be considered.  All submissions will be peer-reviewed.

Final papers should be suitable for a 35 minute presentation and no more than 5,000 words. Presentations should aim to be accessible and lively as part of constructive, collaborative, informal sessions.

Submit extended abstracts or full papers to JWTConference@gmail.com as .doc, .docx, or .pdf.  Please put “Conference Submission” in the subject line of the email.  Include in your submission email whether you would be willing to serve as a respondent to another paper if your paper is not accepted for presentation.

The conference is hosted by the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School with generous support from the Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research, and in collaboration with the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace and the National Science Foundation.Submissions from graduate students is encouraged. To foster that goal,graduate student stipends of $750 each will be offered to the best papers submitted by graduate students to help defray travel costs.

Organizing Committee:  Bradley J. Strawser (chair), Fritz Allhoff, Helen Frowe, Rebecca Lorentz, and Amelia Simunek.  Send any questions to JWTConference@gmail.com.

For more information on the conference venue and other details as they evolve, please see https://jwtconference.wordpress.com/.

Keynote Speakers:

Jeff McMahan, University of Oxford

Scott Sagan, Stanford University
Adil Haque, Rutgers School of Law
Helen Frowe, Stockholm University

David Rodin, Oxford University

Confirmed Speakers:

Saba Bazargan
Wilson Brissett
Susanne Burri
Ian Fishback
Camber Warren