Richard Sorabji, David Rodin

The Ethics of War (eBook, PDF)

Shared Problems in Different Traditions

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Ethics of War traces how different cultures involved in present conflicts have addressed problems over the centuries. Distinguished authors reflect how the Greco-Roman world, Byzantium, the Christian just war tradition, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and the Geneva Conventions have addressed recurrent ethical issues of war. Cutting edge essays by prominent modern theorists address vital contemporary issues including asymmetric war, preventive war, human rights and humanitarian intervention.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351890397
• Artikelnr.: 60050097

Autorenporträt

Professor Richard Sorabji, CBE, FBA, is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Fellow and Professor Emeritus of King's College, London. He was formerly Director of Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric. Dr David Rodin is Director of Research at Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Philosophy Faculty, Oxford, UK, and is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Australia. He is also a steering committee member for the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Richard Sorabji and David Rodin. Part I Traditions: Just war from ancient origins to the Conquistadors debate and its modern relevance
Richard Sorabji; The just war of Eastern Christians and the holy war of the Crusaders
Angeliki Laiou; Conceptions of justice in war: from Grotius to modern times
Karma Nabulsi; Arguments concerning resistance in contemporary Islam
John Kelsay; War and reason in Maimonides and Averroes
Noah Feldman; The ethics of war: Judaism
Norman Solomon; Just war in the Mahabharata
Nick Allen. Part II Contemporary Problems: The ethics of asymmetric war
David Rodin; Preventive war and the killing of the innocent
Jeff McMahan; War
humanitarian intervention and human rights
Richard Norman; Culture
the enemy and the moral restraint of war
Anthony Coates; Application of just war criteria in the period 1959-89
Richard Harries; Britain's wars since 1945
Michael Quinlan; Index.