Morality and Political Violence

AvC. A. J. Coady

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Political violence in the form of wars, insurgencies, terrorism and violent rebellion constitutes a major human challenge. C. A. J. Coady brings a philosophical and ethical perspective as he places the problems of war and political violence in the frame of reflective ethics. In this book, Coady re-examines a range of urgent problems pertinent to political violence against the background of a contemporary approach to just war thinking. The problems examined include: the right to make war and conduct war, terrorism, revolution, humanitarianism, mercenary warriors, the ideal of peace and the right way to end war. Coady attempts to vindicate the contemporary relevance of the just war tradition to current problems without applying the tradition in a merely mechanical or uncritical fashion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-08
Mått:150 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:332
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521705486

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C. A. J. Coady is one of Australia's best-known philosophers, both at home and abroad. In addition to his academic distinction, he is a regular contributor to public debate on topics to do with ethical and philosophical dimensions of current affairs. A Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, he has served as the founding Director of the Centre for Philosophy and Public Issues and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and Head of its University of Melbourne Division. In 2005, he gave the prestigious Uehiro Lectures on practical ethics at Oxford University.

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'Coady has a good command of the growing literature on the philosophy of war and related issues of violence. His work is well-researched and clearly written. It represents a major contribution to the understanding of violence in its many permutations in the modern world.' Robert Holmes, Analysis

Innehållsförteckning

1. Staring at armageddon; 2. The idea of violence; 3. Violence and justice; 4. Aggression, defence, and just cause; 5. Justice with prudence; 6. The right way to fight; 7. The problem of collateral damage; 8. The morality of terrorism; 9. The immunities of combatants; 10. Morality and mercenary warrior; 11. Objecting morally; 12. Weapons of mass destruction; 13. The ideal of peace; 14. The issue of stringency.