Ethics and war : an introduction /
"What are the ethical principles underpinning the idea of a just war and how should they be adapted to changing social and military circumstances? In this book, Steven P. Lee presents the basic principles of just war theory, showing how they evolved historically and how they are applied today i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Colección: | Cambridge applied ethics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Ethics and War; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; 1: Understanding war in moral terms; 1.1 Rwanda, 1994; 1.2 Morality, self-interest, and national interest; 1.3 War and peace, just war and just peace; 1.4 Value relativism; 1.5 Realism; 1.6 Pacifism; 1.7 Just war theory; 1.8 Just war theory and international law; 2: The just war tradition: a brief history; 2.1 Vitoria and the Spanish war against Native Americans; 2.2 The origins of the just war tradition: early developments; 2.3 The origins of the just war tradition: Augustine.