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Justifying the obligation to die : war, ethics, and political obligation with illustrations from Zionism /
One of the state's key features is its ability to oblige its citizens to risk their lives on its behalf by being sent into war. However, what is it about the state (or its equivalent) that makes this obligation justifiable? Justifying the Obligation toDie is the first monograph to explore syste...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | One of the state's key features is its ability to oblige its citizens to risk their lives on its behalf by being sent into war. However, what is it about the state (or its equivalent) that makes this obligation justifiable? Justifying the Obligation toDie is the first monograph to explore systematically how this obligation has been justified. Using key texts from political philosophy and just war theory, it provides a critical survey of how this obligation has been justified and, using illustrations from Zionist thought and practice, demonstrates how the various arguments for the obligation ha. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 271 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739129753 0739129759 1282493094 9781282493094 9786612493096 6612493097 |