Is just war possible? / Christopher Finlay.
Is just war possible? / Christopher Finlay.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2019.
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G 2018/6626
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 123 pages ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Ideas and ideals of the just war -- The just war creed -- "Just cause" and the possibility of jus ad bellum -- Fighting just wars : balancing ends and means.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2019.
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England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
The idea that war is sometimes justified if certain moral criteria are met - if a war is 'just' - is deeply embedded in public consciousness. However, just war theory is only credible so long as we believe that just war is possible in practice. In this engaging and original book, Christopher Finlay elucidates the - often unstated - assumptions unde...
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Is just war possible? / Christopher Finlay.
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Political theory today
Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2018/6626
Record Identifier
74VKVQ0R0w7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQ0R0w7A
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ISBN
1509526501 paperback
9781509526499 hardback
1509526498 hardback
9781509526505 paperback
DDC
172.42
MMS ID
991024199319002626
