Just War, Second Edition

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Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 081322019X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Book Synopsis Just War, Second Edition by : Richard J. Regan

Download or read book Just War, Second Edition written by Richard J. Regan and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing just war doctrine to life, Richard J. Regan raises a host of difficult questions about the evils of war, asking first and foremost whether war is ever justified, and, if so, for what purposes? Regan considers the basic principles of just war theory and applies those principles to historical and ongoing conflicts through case studies and discussion questions. His well-received 1996 work is updated with the addition of case studies on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Islamist terrorist organizations. Especially timely are the added discussions of the use of drones to assassinate terrorist leaders and, in the matter of weapons of mass destruction, asking how certain is "certain enough" that a country has weapons of mass destruction before it can be justly attacked? Regan considers the roles of the president, Congress, and the U.N. Security Council in determining when long-term U.S. military involvement is justified.

The Just War Revisited

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521538992
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis The Just War Revisited by : Oliver O'Donovan

Download or read book The Just War Revisited written by Oliver O'Donovan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-16 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan takes a fresh look at some traditional moral arguments about war. Christians differ widely on this issue. The book re-examines questions of contemporary urgency, including the use of biological and nuclear weapons, military intervention, economic sanctions, and the role of the UN. It opens with a challenging dedication to the new Archbishop of Canterbury and proceeds to shed light on vital topics with which that Archbishop and others will be very directly engaged. It should be read by anyone concerned with the ethics of warfare.

When War Is Unjust, Second Edition

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1579107818
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (791 download)

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Book Synopsis When War Is Unjust, Second Edition by : John Howard Yoder

Download or read book When War Is Unjust, Second Edition written by John Howard Yoder and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-10-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a war really be considered justÓ? If so, which wars, and under what circumstances? If not, why not? When War is Unjust provides a systematic exploration of these questions for students of ethics, Christian doctrine, and history. For centuries the just war tradition has been the dominant framework for Christian thinking about organized conflict. This tradition sets a number of specific conditions which must be satisfied before a particular war can termed justÓ and therefore supportable by the faithful Christians. John Howard Yoder, himself a pacifist, approaches the just war theory on its own terms. His purpose: to introduce the student to this just-war tradition, and to offer a critical framework for evaluating its tenets and applying them to real conflicts. When War is Unjust takes the just war tradition seriously, and holds its proponents accountable in a critical debate about when - if ever - war can be justified. It is a readable and thought-provoking primer on the history, criteria, and application of just war teaching in Christian churches.

The ethics of war

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Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1784996025
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Book Synopsis The ethics of war by : A. J. Coates

Download or read book The ethics of war written by A. J. Coates and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ethics of war explores the moral limits and possibilities of war in its diverse forms. The feasibility of the moral limitation of war is upheld. At the same time, war's fragile moral potential is acknowledged and its causes sought. The argument is conducted from a traditional just war standpoint which balances rules or principles against the moral capacities and dispositions of belligerents and the particular circumstances in which they act. In this enlarged second edition, a new introduction addresses the common criticism that traditional just war theory is incoherent, outmoded, and in need of radical revision. Many of the problems attributed to the tradition by 'revisionists' are seen to derive from a distortion and oversimplification of the historical tradition. A fuller and more accurate understanding of that tradition can mitigate, or even resolve, these problems. It can also help to fill the gaps left in the ethical agenda of war by analytic ethics. Part I compares the conception of just war with realism, militarism and pacifism. Part II examines the principles of just recourse and just conduct with the aid of real life examples. A new Part III discusses the propriety of defining terrorism and the ethical problems raised by particular aspects of terrorism and counterterrorism, such as, the tension between moral and strategic concerns, the variable moral impact of different forms of terrorism, the status and the moral disposition of the terrorist, the treatment of noncombatants, the resort to preventive war and interrogational torture, and the use of drones and risk-free warfare.

Just War and Human Rights

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438464045
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Just War and Human Rights by : Todd Burkhardt

Download or read book Just War and Human Rights written by Todd Burkhardt and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how just war theory needs to be revised to better secure and respect human rights. Warfare in the twenty-first century presents significant challenges to the modern state. Serious questions have arisen about the use of drones, target selection, civilian exposure to harm, intervening for humanitarian reasons, and war as a means of forcing regime change. In Just War and Human Rights Todd Burkhardt argues that updating the laws of war and reforming just war theory is needed. A twenty-year veteran of the US Army, Burkhardt claims that war is impermissible unless it is engaged, fought, and concluded with right intention. A state must not only have a just cause and limit its war-making activity in order to vindicate the just cause, but it must also seek to vindicate its just cause in a way that yields a just and lasting peace. A just and lasting peace is motivated by the just war tenet of right intention and predicated on the realization of human rights. Therefore, human rights should not only dictate how a state treats its own people but also how a state treats the people of other countries, insulating them and protecting innocent civilians from the harms of war. Todd Burkhardt is Professor of Military Science at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Contemporary Just War

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351699466
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Just War by : Tamar Meisels

Download or read book Contemporary Just War written by Tamar Meisels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a renewed defense of traditional just war theory and considers its application to certain contemporary cases, particularly in the Middle East. The first part of the book addresses and responds to the central theoretical criticisms levelled at traditional just war theory. It offers a detailed defense of civilian immunity, the moral equality of soldiers and the related dichotomy between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, and argues that these principles taken together amount to a morally coherent ethics of war. In this sense this project is traditional (or "orthodox"). In another sense, however, it is highly relevant to the modern world. While the first part of the book defends the just war tradition against its revisionist critics, the second part applies it to an array of timely issues: civil war, economic warfare, excessive harm to civilians, pre-emptive military strikes, and state-sponsored assassination, which require applying just war theory in practice. This book sets out to reaffirm the basic tenets of the traditional ethics of war and to lend them further moral support, subsequently applying them to a variety of practical issues. This book will be of great interest to students of just war theory, ethics, security studies, war and conflict studies, and IR in general.

Just War

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408820447
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Just War by : Charles Guthrie

Download or read book Just War written by Charles Guthrie and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A remarkable book, small in size but with great clarity and insight into moral and ethical principles that need to be understood and reaffirmed' - Henry Kissinger Every society and every period of history has had to face the reality of war. War inevitably yields situations in which the normal ethical rules of society have to be overridden. The Just War tradition has evolved over the centuries as a careful endeavour to impose moral discipline and humanity on resort to war and in its waging, and the tradition deserves our attention now as much as ever. Tracing the origin and nature of the tradition from its roots in Christian thinking and providing a clear summary of its principles, and drawing examples from Kosovo, Afghanistan and the wars in Iraq, Charles Guthrie and Michael Quinlan look at the key concepts in relation to modern armed conflict. This short but powerful book sets out the case for a workable and credible moral framework for modern war before, while and after it is waged.

Modern Just War Theory

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810883457
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Modern Just War Theory by : Michael P. Farrell

Download or read book Modern Just War Theory written by Michael P. Farrell and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions to Illuminations: A Scarecrow Press Series of Guides to Research in Religion provide students and scholars, lay readers and clergy, with a road map to research in key areas of religious study. All commonly constructed with introductions to the topic and reviews of key thinkers, concepts, and events, each volume includes surveys of the primary and secondary sources, with critical evaluations of their places in the canon of thought and research on the topic. Focusing primarily on the knowledge required by today’s students and scholars, each guide is a must-have for any student of religion. The twentieth century saw an explosion of wars and an accompanying explosion of literature on the morality of war. Thinking among Christian clerics and scholars on the idea of “just war” shifted with developments on the battlefield. Alternatives to just war theory, such as pacifism and realism, found new proponents in the published work of the neo-Anabaptists and Niebhurians. Meanwhile, proponents of Christian just war theory had to address challenges from competing ideologies as well as ththose presented by the changing nature of warfare. Modern Just War Theory: A Guide to Research, by scholar and librarian Michael Farrell, serves as a manual for students and scholars studying Christian just war theory, helping them navigate the wealth of just war literature produced in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Farrell’s guide provides an introduction to the major developments of just war theory in the twentieth century, including sections on how to research just war theory, an overview of some of the most important theorists and developments of the twentieth century, and discussions of key search terms and related topics. Farrell then surveys and evaluates key primary and secondary sources for researchers on just war theory, as well as related sources on Christian realism and the responses of just war theorists to proponents of pacifism and secular just war theories. Modern Just War Theory will appeal to students and scholars of theology, military history, international law, and Christian ethics

Justifying War

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230393292
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis Justifying War by : D. Welch

Download or read book Justifying War written by D. Welch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new assessment of the debates about Just War in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the imperial wars of the nineteenth century through the age of total war, the evolution of human rights discourse and international law, to proportionality during the Cold War and the redefinition of authority with the ascendancy of terror groups.

Just War Thinking

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739119013
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Just War Thinking by : Eric Patterson

Download or read book Just War Thinking written by Eric Patterson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just War Thinking reconsiders the intersection between morality and pragmatics in foreign policy and modern warfare. The book argues that a political ethic of responsibility should motivate the contemporary application of military force by states in order to protect international security and human life, considering the challenges posed by today's new wars: targeted killing, humanitarian intervention, terrorism, jus post bellum, and the influences of public opinion and supranational institutions.

The Morality of War - Second Edition

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Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554810957
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Book Synopsis The Morality of War - Second Edition by : Brian Orend

Download or read book The Morality of War - Second Edition written by Brian Orend and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of The Morality of War was one of the most widely-read and successful books ever written on the topic. In this second edition, Brian Orend builds on the substantial strengths of the first, adding important new material on: cyber-warfare; drone attacks; the wrap-up of Iraq and Afghanistan; conflicts in Libya and Syria; and protracted struggles (like the Arab-Israeli conflict). Updated and streamlined throughout, the book offers new research tools and case studies, while keeping the winning blend of theory and history featured in the first edition. This book remains an engaging and comprehensive examination of the ethics, and practice, of war and peace in today’s world.

Just War and the Gulf War

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Just War and the Gulf War by : James Turner Johnson

Download or read book Just War and the Gulf War written by James Turner Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Morality of War - Second Edition

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Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770484612
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Morality of War - Second Edition written by Brian Orend and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of The Morality of War was one of the most widely-read and successful books ever written on the topic. In this second edition, Brian Orend builds on the substantial strengths of the first, adding important new material on: cyber-warfare; drone attacks; the wrap-up of Iraq and Afghanistan; conflicts in Libya and Syria; and protracted struggles (like the Arab-Israeli conflict). Updated and streamlined throughout, the book offers new research tools and case studies, while keeping the winning blend of theory and history featured in the first edition. This book remains an engaging and comprehensive examination of the ethics, and practice, of war and peace in today’s world.

Chinese Just War Ethics

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317580966
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Book Synopsis Chinese Just War Ethics by : Ping-Cheung Lo

Download or read book Chinese Just War Ethics written by Ping-Cheung Lo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of warfare ethics in early China as well as its subsequent development. Chinese attitudes toward war are rich and nuanced, ranging across amoral realism, defensive just war, humanitarian intervention, and mournful skepticism. Covering the five major intellectual traditions in the "golden age" of Chinese civilization: Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, Legalist, and Military Strategy schools, the book’s chapters immerse readers in the proper historical contexts, examine the moral concerns in the classical texts on their own terms, reframe those concerns in contemporary ethical idioms, and forge a critical dialogue between the past and the present. The volume develops fresh moral interpretations of classical texts such as The Art of War, Mencius, Xunzi, Mozi, and the Daodejing and discusses famous philosophers such as Han Fei and Wang Yang-ming, representing antithetical schools of thought about warfare. Attention is also given to the military ethics of the People’s Liberation Army, examining its thinking against the backdrop of its own civilizational context. This book will be of much interest to students of just war theory, Chinese politics, ethics, and philosophy, military studies, and International Relations in general.

Ethics for a Brave New World, Second Edition (Updated and Expanded)

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Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433526468
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Book Synopsis Ethics for a Brave New World, Second Edition (Updated and Expanded) by : John S. Feinberg

Download or read book Ethics for a Brave New World, Second Edition (Updated and Expanded) written by John S. Feinberg and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aldous Huxley’s 1932 book Brave New World foresees a world in which technological advances have obliterated morality and freedom. John Feinberg and Paul Feinberg, in the first edition of Ethics for a Brave New World, noted how Huxley landed frighteningly close to the truth. Their book responded to ethical crises such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, and genetic engineering by looking to Scripture for principles to guide us through the moral quagmires of our time. Now dramatically updated and expanded, this edition of Ethics for a Brave New World seeks to maintain the relevance, rigorous scholarship, and biblical faithfulness of the first edition. While many of the topics covered in the book remain the same, John Feinberg has revised each chapter to keep it current with contemporary trends and to respond to the most recent scholarship. There is a new chapter on stem cell research and greatly expanded material on issues such as homosexuality and genetic engineering. This important resource will be a valuable guide for students and those seeking answers to ethical dilemmas.

When War Is Unjust, Second Edition

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725203340
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis When War Is Unjust, Second Edition by : John Howard Yoder

Download or read book When War Is Unjust, Second Edition written by John Howard Yoder and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-10-10 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a war really be considered just"? If so, which wars, and under what circumstances? If not, why not? When War is Unjust provides a systematic exploration of these questions for students of ethics, Christian doctrine, and history. For centuries the just war tradition has been the dominant framework for Christian thinking about organized conflict. This tradition sets a number of specific conditions which must be satisfied before a particular war can termed just" and therefore supportable by the faithful Christians. John Howard Yoder, himself a pacifist, approaches the just war theory on its own terms. His purpose: to introduce the student to this just-war tradition, and to offer a critical framework for evaluating its tenets and applying them to real conflicts. When War is Unjust takes the just war tradition seriously, and holds its proponents accountable in a critical debate about when - if ever - war can be justified. It is a readable and thought-provoking primer on the history, criteria, and application of just war teaching in Christian churches.

Christian Ethics, Second Edition

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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611642914
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis Christian Ethics, Second Edition by : J. Philip Wogaman

Download or read book Christian Ethics, Second Edition written by J. Philip Wogaman and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-12-24 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated survey of Christian ethics addresses major thinkers, movements, and issues from the early church to the present. A broad range of topics is discussed, including the biblical and philosophical legacies of Christian ethics and ethics through the early, medieval, Reformation, Enlightenment, and modern eras. This new edition contains more extensive discussions of ethics in the twentieth century, including Vatican II, ecumenical social ethics, and Orthodox Christian ethics. A new section, "Toward the Third Millennium," looks at the issues we will face in the coming decades, including medical, scientific, and political dilemmas, and issues of terrorism, war, and peace.