Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century?

Morality and war : can war be just in the twenty-first century? / David Fisher.

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 bet...

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Main Author: Fisher, David, 1947-2014
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Just war doctrine.
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
War > History > 21st century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Just war doctrine
War
War > Moral and ethical aspects
History
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Table of 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 wars
  • Humanitarian intervention
  • Making war just.

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