Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century? / David Fisher.
Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century? / David Fisher.
Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century? / David Fisher.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N172.42/51
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English
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vii, 303 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Part one: Morality. War without morality -- Whose justice? Which rationality? -- Virtues and consequences -- The just war tradition -- Is non-combatant immunity absolute? -- Virtues -- Virtuous consequentialism -- Part Two: War. The protean nature of war -- Extreme times, extreme measures -- Gulf wa...
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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England
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2011.
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David Fisher explores how just war thinking can and should be developed to provide such guidance. Morality and War examines philosophical challenges to just war thinking, including those posed by moral scepticism and relativism. It explores the nature and grounds of moral reasoning, the relation between public and private morality, and how just war...
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Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century? / David Fisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-295) and index.
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N172.42/51
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0199599246
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172.42
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991008903129702626
