James Turner Johnson

James Turner Johnson (born November 2, 1938 ) is an American ethicist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University.

Early life and education Johnson was born to Georgie Maie Swanson Johnson and Walter Turner Johnson in Crockett Mills, Tennessee, on November 2, 1938.

He served as the General Editor of the Journal of Religious Ethics (1981–1991) and co-founded the Journal of Military Ethics, serving as its co-editor from 2001-2010.

Internationally, he spoke to audiences at universities in Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, as well as in Japan, Morocco, and Oman.

Johnson is described as being "an intellectual mentor and leader for an entire generation of scholars, thinkers, and military professionals." was a Henry E. Huntington Library Research Fellow, and was a Hazel Hopkins Ford Fellow while studying at Princeton University.

Personal life Johnson married Pamela Jane Bennett Johnson in 1968. They are parents of two children: Christopher Edward Bennett Johnson (born 1972) and Ashley Elizabeth Bennett Johnson (born 1975).

Selected Bibliography

Just War Tradition and the Restraint of War: A Moral and Historical Inquiry. Princeton and Guildford, Surrey: Princeton University Press, 1981. Can Modern War Be Just? New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984 Cross, Crescent, and Sword: The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition. Edited with John Kelsay. New York, Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press, 1990. Just War and the Gulf War. With George Weigel. Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1991. Morality and Contemporary Warfare. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1999. The War To Oust Saddam Hussein: Just War and the New Face of Conflict. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. Ethics and the Use of Force: Just War in Historical Perspective. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Press, 2011. Sovereignty: Moral and Historical Perspectives. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2014.