Beyond Just War A Virtue Ethics Approach |
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Foreword by:
| Card, Claudia |
Author:
| Chan, D. |
ISBN: | 978-1-349-99986-6 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $99.99USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'
Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'