Applied Afro-Communitarian Ethics and Foreign Armed Intervention

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Just war theory concerns the morality of engaging in warfare, the conduct in war and justice – including democratization and reconstruction – in the aftermath to end war. The morality of war can be measured from a variety of military and philosophical ethics that include theological, consequentialist and realist schools of thought. Various military interventions, such as Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, have been analyzed and evaluated and criticized from a Western and, especially, liberal point of view. 

In this book, Danny Singh addresses foreign interventions from a different normative paradigm. Namely, he addresses the morality of foreign military interventions in light of Afro-communitarianism, a dominant philosophical approach in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Afro-communitarianism, positive communal relationships/social harmony are the greatest good that can be achieved to form friendship (which can be understood as the combination of shared identity and goodwill). Even though Afro-communitarianism prioritizes peaceful communal relations, enmity-behavior and violence are morally permissible if it either leads to a less disharmonious state of affairs or to a harmonious state of affairs or there are no friendly alternatives to achieve any of both desired outcomes but the initiator of conflict desires to promote them. Moreover, Afro-communitarianism prescribes dialogue as a guiding action to avoid military conflict. The book provides an alternative, and non-Western, approach to the morality of war and efforts to promote sustainable peace in the aftermath of conflict between warring belligerent parties.

Danny Singh is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Teesside University, UK.

Just war theory concerns the morality of engaging in warfare, the conduct in war and justice – including democratization and reconstruction – in the aftermath to end war. The morality of war can be measured from a variety of military and philosophical ethics that include theological, consequentialist and realist schools of thought. Various military interventions, such as Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, have been analyzed and evaluated and criticized from a Western and, especially, liberal point of view. 

In this book, Danny Singh addresses foreign interventions from a different normative paradigm. Namely, he addresses the morality of foreign military interventions in light of Afro-communitarianism, a dominant philosophical approach in sub-Saharan Africa. According to Afro-communitarianism, positive communal relationships/social harmony are the greatest good that can be achieved to form friendship (which can be understood as the combination of shared identity and goodwill). Even though Afro-communitarianism prioritizes peaceful communal relations, enmity-behavior and violence are morally permissible if it either leads to a less disharmonious state of affairs or to a harmonious state of affairs or there are no friendly alternatives to achieve any of both desired outcomes but the initiator of conflict desires to promote them. Moreover, Afro-communitarianism prescribes dialogue as a guiding action to avoid military conflict. The book provides an alternative, and non-Western, approach to the morality of war and efforts to promote sustainable peace in the aftermath of conflict between warring belligerent parties.

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“Danny Singh's exploration of just war theory through the lens of Afro-communitarianism is a groundbreaking contribution to military ethics and international law. His detailed analyses of interventions in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, and Iraq offer a refreshing perspective that emphasises communal values and global peace. This book is essential for anyone interested in decolonising the ethics of war and understanding the impact of Afro-communitarian ethics on global conflict resolution.” (Haian Dukhan, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Teesside University and a Fellow of the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews, UK)

“The book, Applied Afro-Communitarian Ethics and Foreign Intervention, duly represents a high-quality original contribution to the field of ethics of foreign military intervention (EFMI). Specifically, the book qualitatively advances an African dimension, which was hitherto largerly absent in this area of scholarship. Generally, the new book will strongly resonate within the field of Ethics of War and Peace. Thus, I am very pleased to recommend the book to my undergraduates and (post)graduates.” (Badru Ronald Olufemi, Professor of Political Philosophy and Development Ethics, Lead City University, Nigeria)

“For several decades, the ethics and legality of war and foreign intervention have been studied from a Western perspective without a thorough analysis of the African agency. This book presents an excellent dimension of understanding these narratives through the lens of Afro-communitarianism. I am delighted with this addition to literature.” (Olayinka Ajala, Reader in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University, UK)

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