Author: Lockwood, Thornton
Title: Cicero’s Philosophy of Just War
Review/Collection: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Place edition: Berlin Boston
Editor: De Gruyter
Year edition: 2025
Pages: 197-221
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Conceptual innovation is front and center in Thornton Lockwood’s discussion of Cicero’s philosophy of just war. In De officiis Cicero presents an account of the duties of justice, including the duties of warfare. He arguably provides the first systematic philosophy of armed conflict, rooted in a rejection of “Roman realism” and respect for the ius fetiale. Against deflationary interpretations, Lockwood offers a new set of arguments for the view that Cicero articulated a substantive and nuanced philosophy of just war—not simply that he engaged in just war thinking or borrowed ideas from Panaetius [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 6].
Works:
Author initials: Lockwood 2025
Title: Cicero’s Philosophy of Just War
Review/Collection: in Hahmann, Andree & Vazquez, Michael, Cicero as Philosopher - New Perspectives on His Philosophy and Its Legacy, De Gruyter, 2025, 412 p.
Place edition: Berlin Boston
Editor: De Gruyter
Year edition: 2025
Pages: 197-221
Keywords: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy
Description: Conceptual innovation is front and center in Thornton Lockwood’s discussion of Cicero’s philosophy of just war. In De officiis Cicero presents an account of the duties of justice, including the duties of warfare. He arguably provides the first systematic philosophy of armed conflict, rooted in a rejection of “Roman realism” and respect for the ius fetiale. Against deflationary interpretations, Lockwood offers a new set of arguments for the view that Cicero articulated a substantive and nuanced philosophy of just war—not simply that he engaged in just war thinking or borrowed ideas from Panaetius [Hahmann & Vazquez 2025, 6].
Works:
Author initials: Lockwood 2025
