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The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives

The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives Paperback / softback - 1998

by Terry Nardin

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Paperback / softback. New. Offering an introduction to the ethical aspects of war and peace, this collection of essays explores the reasons for waging war and for fighting with restraint as formulated in a diversity of ethical traditions, religious and secular.
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  • Title The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives
  • Author Terry Nardin
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A
  • Date 1998-02-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780691058405
  • ISBN 9780691058405 / 0691058407
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.22 x 6.14 x 0.72 in (23.42 x 15.60 x 1.83 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Peace - Moral and ethical aspects, War - Religious aspects - Comparative
  • Dewey Decimal Code 172.42

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From the rear cover

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.

About the author

Terry Nardin is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of Law, Morality, and the Relations of the States (Princeton) and coeditor, with David R. Mapel, of Traditions of International Ethics and International Society: Diverse Ethical Perspectives.