A. J. Coates

The ethics of war (eBook, ePUB)

Second edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The ethics of war explores the moral limits and possibilities of conflict. The argument proceeds from a 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 reflects on the impact of changes to just war thinking and to the practice of war since the book's original publication. The common criticism that traditional just war theory is incoherent, outmoded and in need of radical revision is resisted, and instead, a case is made for an ethics of war rooted in the historic tradition of just war. The concept of just war is compared with realism, militarism and pacifism; the principles of just recourse and just conduct are examined with the aid of real life examples; and a new third part addresses some of the ethical problems raised by terrorism and counterterrorism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784996024
• Artikelnr.: 48796880

Autorenporträt

A. J. Coates is a former Lecturer in Politics at the University of Reading

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the second edition: Just War, past and present Introduction
to the first edition Part I: Images of war 1. Realism 2. Militarism 3.
Pacifism 4. The Just War Part II: Principles and concepts of the Just War
5. Legitimate authority 6. Just cause and right intention 7.
Proportionality and the recourse to war 8. Last resort 9. Proportionality
and the conduct of war 10. Noncombatant immunity 11.Peacemaking Part III:
Terrorism and counterterrorism 12. On defining terrorism 13. Terrorism:
some moral aspects and variables 14. Counterterrorism Index