Beyond just war : a virtue ethics approach / David K. Chan, with a foreword by Claudia Card.
Beyond just war : a virtue ethics approach / David K. Chan, with a foreword by Claudia Card.
Beyond just war : a virtue ethics approach / David K. Chan, with a foreword by Claudia Card.
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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N172.42/52
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English
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xii, 223 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1.The Moral Problem of War -- In the beginning -- Christianity and just war -- Just war and the reformation -- Just war and the law of nations -- Pacifist, moralist, and realist responses to just war theory -- Just war theory and modern warfare -- 2.Just War Reconsidered -- The just war paradigm --...
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Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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England
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2012.
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Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'
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Beyond just war : a virtue ethics approach / David K. Chan, with a foreword by Claudia Card.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N172.42/52
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1137263407
9781137263407
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172.42
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