Pacifism as War Abolitionism

Pacifism as War Abolitionism provides an account of the war system that draws on contemporary sociology, history, and political philosophy. The core of its critique of that system is that war begets war. War can only be ended by ending the war system, which can only be done nonviolently.

Cheyney Ryan is a senior research fellow at Oxford University’s Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, where he focuses on nonviolence, pacifism, and the critique of just war theory. He has been named one of the leading scholars in peace and conflict studies by the Washington Post and received the Joseph J. Blau Prize from the Society for Advancement of American Philosophy for significant contributions to the history of American philosophy.