A superb introduction to the ethical aspects of war and peace, this collection of tightly integrated essays explores the reasons for waging war and for fighting with restraint as formulated in a diversity of ethical traditions, religious and secular. Beginning with the classic debate between political realism and natural law, this book seeks to expand the conversation by bringing in the voices of Judaism, Islam, Christian pacifism, and contemporary feminism. In so doing, it addresses a set of questions: How do the adherents to each viewpoint understand the ideas of war and peace? What attitudes toward war and peace are reflected in these understandings? What grounds for war, if any, are recognized within each perspective? What constraints apply to the conduct of war? Can these constraints be set aside in situations of extremity? Each contributor responds to this set of questions on behalf of the ethical perspective he or she is presenting. The concluding chapters compare and contrast the perspectives presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences. Because of its inclusive, objective, comparative, and dialogic approach, the book serves as a valuable resource for scholars, journalists, policymakers, and anyone else who wants to acquire a better understanding of the range of moral viewpoints that shape current discussion of war and peace. In addition to the editor, the contributors are Joseph Boyle, Michael G. Cartwright, Jean Bethke Elshtain, John Finnis, Sohail H. Hashmi, Theodore J. Koontz, David R. Mapel, Jeff McMahan, Richard B. Miller, Aviezer Ravitzky, Bassam Tibi, Sarah Tobias, and Michael Walzer.
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It is apparent that discussions in the international arena, of justice in general and war in particular, will have to pay increasing attention to a diversity of religious views. With this growing awareness of religion in mind, the appearance of The Ethics of War and Peace is fortuitous. -- Shaun Casey, Harvard Divinity Bulletin
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I found this book to have good information however it seems to be written for someone that already has a deep understanding of Catholic Natural Law and a very extensive background in both Midieval studies and ethical law. I found it very difficult for a beginner in the study of war ethics.
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The aroused controversy on different international stages, around the powerful meaning of the justice as secular idea, collides with the war in more than an aspect. The overpopulation, and many others issues generated by very well known consequences by "the greenhouse effect", may not ignore the opinion of the religious views. If we assume we are living in a challenging and changing world, the innovativeness appears as vital resource to face every one of the unthinkable consequences derived from this process of evolution, where the breakthrough of the paradigms affects continuously our own convictions, and at least to my view, you have to be absolutely centered about your bliss in the life; if not I ' m afraid no other solution will be precisely comfortable or permanent. In this state of things what' must be the role of religion and moreover, in what level may contribute and make its voice be listened. If we analyze the emotional nature of the human being in comparison with our first ancestors, there's not a remarkable difference and that fact doesn't' seem to be a good signal.Regardless your religious beliefs, the book is very interesting, because it gives us important clues around such thorny theme.
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Law, and a legalistic morality and politics, can define peace and war by their mutual opposition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
material innocence, pacifist perspective, optional war, feminist realism, prohibited war, permitted wars, obligatory war, natural law conception, commanded wars, sword verses, armed jihad, noncombatant immunity, war theorists, international ethics, natural law morality, commonsense morality, national partiality, supreme emergency, natural law tradition, pacifist tradition, practical reasonableness, view that war, consequentialist reasoning, ethical dualism, comparative ethics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Law, and a legalistic morality and politics, can define peace and war by their mutual opposition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
material innocence, pacifist perspective, optional war, feminist realism, prohibited war, permitted wars, obligatory war, natural law conception, commanded wars, sword verses, armed jihad, noncombatant immunity, war theorists, international ethics, natural law morality, commonsense morality, national partiality, supreme emergency, natural law tradition, pacifist tradition, practical reasonableness, view that war, consequentialist reasoning, ethical dualism, comparative ethics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Beautiful Soul, Gulf War, Spartan Mother, John Finnis, United States, Aquinas Summa, Bassam Tibi, Herald Press, Oxford University Press, Joseph Boyle, Reinhold Niebuhr, Ibn Rushd, Basic Books, Strong Realism, University of Chicago Press, Michael Walzer, Dirk Willems, John Howard Yoder, Princeton University Press, Stanley Hauerwas, Ted Koontz, Cambridge University Press, Germain Grisez, Golden Rule New!
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- Natural Law, Vol. 1 (The International Library of Essays in Law & Legal Theory, Schools 1.1) by John Finnis in Front Matter, page 40, and page 41
- The City of Ladies (Penguin Great Ideas) by Christine de Pizan on page 221, and page 227
- Force, Order and Justice by Professor Robert E. Osgood on page 74, and page 76
- The Evolution of International Society: A Comparative Historical Analysis Reissue with a new introduction by Barry Buzan and Richard Little by Adam Watson on page 142, and page 145
- Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism by John Finnis in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- Justice beyond Borders: A Global Political Theory by Simon Caney on 4 pages
- Just War Against Terror: The Burden Of American Power In A Violent World by Jean Elshtain in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics (Moral Traditions series) by David Hollenbach on page 255, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Islam Between Culture and Politics by Bassam Tibi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power In a Violent World by Jean Bethke Elshtain in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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