The ethics of war : shared problems in different traditions /

The Ethics of War traces how different cultures involved in present conflicts have addressed problems over the centuries. Distinguished authors reflect how the Greco-Roman world, Byzantium, the Christian just war tradition, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and the Geneva Conventions have addressed recurrent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sorabji, Richard, Rodin, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Temas:
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Guerre > Aspect moral.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
War > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethik
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Richard Sorabji and David Rodin
  • pt. I. Traditions
  • 1. Just war from ancient origins to the Conquistadors debate and its modern relevance / Richard Sorabji
  • 2. The just war of eastern Christians and the holy war of the Crusaders / Angeliki Laiou
  • 3. Conceptions of justice in war: from Grotious to modern times / Karma Nabulsi
  • 4. Arguments conerning resistance in contemporary Islam / John Kelsay
  • 5. War and reason in Maimonides and Averroes / Noah Feldman
  • 6. The ethis of war: Judaism / Norman Solomon
  • 7. Just war in the Mahabharata / Nick Allen
  • pt. II. Contemporary problems
  • 8. The ethics of a asymmetric war / David Rodin
  • .9 Preventive war and the killing of the innocent / Jeff McMahan.
  • 10. War, humanitarian intervention and human rights / Richard Norman
  • 11. Culture, the enemy and the moral restraint of war / Anthony Coates
  • 12. Application of just war criteria in the period 1959-89 / Richard Harries
  • 13. Britain's wars since 1945 / Michael Quinlan.

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