James Turner Johnson

Ethics and the Use of Force

Just War in Historical Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how and why just war tradition coalesced and how it has developed. By highlighting the just war tradition in historical perspective, this valuable study looks at contemporary implications drawn out in the context of important contemporary debates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781138248755
• ISBN-10: 1138248754
• Artikelnr.: 57057647

Autorenporträt

James Turner Johnson is a Distinguished Professor, Department of Religion, Rutgers University-The State University of New Jersey, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Use of History for Thinking About Morality and War
Part I Two Moral Traditions on the Use of Armed Force
Chapter 1 The Just War Idea in Historical Tradition and Current Debate
Chapter 2 Just War
Chapter 3 Just War and Jihad
Chapter 4 Tracing the Contours of the Jihad of Individual Duty in Islamic Juristic Tradition
Part II Just War and International Law
Chapter 5 Grotius' Use of History and Charity in the Modern Transformation of the Just War Idea
Chapter 6 Looking Back as a Way of Going Forward
Part III Just War and Political Realism
Chapter 7 Moral Judgment in International Affairs
Chapter 8 Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian Realism and the Idea of Just War
Part IV Pressing Contemporary Problems
Chapter 9 The Idea of Defense in Historical and Contemporary Thinking about Just War
Chapter 10 Contemporary Warfare and the Challenge to Efforts at Restraint
Chapter 11 The Use of Armed Force and the Goal of Peace