Responsibility in Just War Theory

This project examines the Responsibility Dilemma in revisionist just war theory. Just war theory is the study of applied military ethics and revisionist just war theory is a more recent school of thought within just war theory. The Responsibility Dilemma, a problem noted by Seth Lazar, results from the challenges that arise when responsibility for the threat of harm in war is assigned to individual soldiers. I begin this project by exploring the predominant views in just war theory. Then, I look at the Responsibility Dilemma and the solutions that various philosophers have offered. Finally, I conclude that none of these solutions solve the problem raised in the Responsibility Dilemma and I offer my own suggestions on how to solve this problem. I argue that one way to address this problem is to look at how responsibility could be derived and assigned to individuals as the result of state action