Andrew Fiala's Against Religion, Wars, and States: The Case for Enlightenment Atheism, Just War Pacifism, and Liberal-Democratic Anarchism argues that we need to overcome the idea of the nation-state and look toward global justice, that we need to develop a more critical stance toward religion while embracing enlightened humanism and natural science, and that we need to look beyond violent solutions to social problems in order to build world peace.
Andrew Fiala's Against Religion, Wars, and States: The Case for Enlightenment Atheism, Just War Pacifism, and Liberal-Democratic Anarchism argues that we need to overcome the idea of the nation-state and look toward global justice, that we need to develop a more critical stance toward religion while embracing enlightened humanism and natural science, and that we need to look beyond violent solutions to social problems in order to build world peace.
Andrew Fiala is professor of philosophy and director of the Ethics Center at Fresno State. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and more than fifty scholarly articles. His most recent books are: Nonviolence: A Quick Immersion (2020) and The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence (editor, 2018). Peter Admirand is lecturer in theology and director of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue at Dublin City University. His most recent books are Humbling Faith: Brokenness, Doubt, Dialogue--What Unites Atheists, Theists, and Nontheists (2019) and a forthcoming book exploring ethics in the comics Y: The Last Man and Saga.
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Preface Chapter 1: Against Religions Wars and States Argument and Method Civilization Authority and Bullshit Costs and Benefits: A Preliminary Account Conclusion Chapter 2: Five Principles of Criticism Methodological Considerations The Individual Liberty Principle The Caring Community Principle The Skeptical Principle The Peace Principle The Cosmopolitan Principles Conclusion Chapter 3: Agnosticism and Atheism Skepticism about Religion Individual Liberty and Religion Genuine Community Universal Justice and Peace Conclusion Chapter 4: Religion The Military and the Secular Challenge The Unholy Conjunction of Religion Politics and Violence Toward a More Secular Union Thank God for the First Amendment Science and Religion in the Public Sphere Conclusion Chapter 5: Religion The Family and Criminal Justice Religion and Demography Women and Children Violence Against Children Free Will and Criminal Justice Conclusion Chapter 6: Skeptical Pacifism The Peace Principle Agnosticism and The Just War Tradition Military Service The Individual and The Community Atheism Cosmopolitanism and Pacifism Conclusion Chapter 7: The War-System Profit and the Failure of Just War Ethics Standing Armies and Spending Priorities The War Racket and Just War Theory A Case Study from the Eastern Mediterranean Defense Contractor Profits Arms Dealers Power Politics and the Revolving Door Global Profits and Unjust Arms Deals Conclusion Chapter 8: One-Sided Wars: Torture Nukes Religion and Collective Narcissism Good Guys and Bad Guys Religion and the War on Terror Nuclear Madness Humanitarian Interventions Conclusion Chapter 9: Social Contract Anarchism and Cosmopolitan Democracy Against the Organic Platonic State Skepticism and the Liberal Social Contract Theory Individual Liberty Nation-States and Genuine Communities The Cosmopolitan Principle and The Peace Principle Conclusion Chapter 10: Civil Religion Voting and Oligarchy Patriotism Civil Religion and Military Service Voting Consent and Political Power The Money Problem A Constitutional Crisis? Oligarchy Getting Away with Murder Conclusion Chapter 11: State Violence the Prison-Industrial Complex and Immigration Civilization and State Violence Restorative Justice and Police Brutality Drug War Profits Deterring Crime Convicting the Innocent Defining Crime and Defending Punishment The Prison-Industrial Complex Conclusion Chapter 12: Conclusion Bibliography
Preface Chapter 1: Against Religions Wars and States Argument and Method Civilization Authority and Bullshit Costs and Benefits: A Preliminary Account Conclusion Chapter 2: Five Principles of Criticism Methodological Considerations The Individual Liberty Principle The Caring Community Principle The Skeptical Principle The Peace Principle The Cosmopolitan Principles Conclusion Chapter 3: Agnosticism and Atheism Skepticism about Religion Individual Liberty and Religion Genuine Community Universal Justice and Peace Conclusion Chapter 4: Religion The Military and the Secular Challenge The Unholy Conjunction of Religion Politics and Violence Toward a More Secular Union Thank God for the First Amendment Science and Religion in the Public Sphere Conclusion Chapter 5: Religion The Family and Criminal Justice Religion and Demography Women and Children Violence Against Children Free Will and Criminal Justice Conclusion Chapter 6: Skeptical Pacifism The Peace Principle Agnosticism and The Just War Tradition Military Service The Individual and The Community Atheism Cosmopolitanism and Pacifism Conclusion Chapter 7: The War-System Profit and the Failure of Just War Ethics Standing Armies and Spending Priorities The War Racket and Just War Theory A Case Study from the Eastern Mediterranean Defense Contractor Profits Arms Dealers Power Politics and the Revolving Door Global Profits and Unjust Arms Deals Conclusion Chapter 8: One-Sided Wars: Torture Nukes Religion and Collective Narcissism Good Guys and Bad Guys Religion and the War on Terror Nuclear Madness Humanitarian Interventions Conclusion Chapter 9: Social Contract Anarchism and Cosmopolitan Democracy Against the Organic Platonic State Skepticism and the Liberal Social Contract Theory Individual Liberty Nation-States and Genuine Communities The Cosmopolitan Principle and The Peace Principle Conclusion Chapter 10: Civil Religion Voting and Oligarchy Patriotism Civil Religion and Military Service Voting Consent and Political Power The Money Problem A Constitutional Crisis? Oligarchy Getting Away with Murder Conclusion Chapter 11: State Violence the Prison-Industrial Complex and Immigration Civilization and State Violence Restorative Justice and Police Brutality Drug War Profits Deterring Crime Convicting the Innocent Defining Crime and Defending Punishment The Prison-Industrial Complex Conclusion Chapter 12: Conclusion Bibliography
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