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Book Summary
With the ending of the strategic certainties of the Cold War, the need for moral
clarity over when, where and how to start, conduct and conclude war has never
been greater. There has been a recent revival of interest in the just war
tradition. But can a medieval theory help us answer twenty-first century
security concerns?
David Fisher explores how just war thinking can and should be developed to
provide such guidance. His in-depth study examines philosophical challenges to
just war thinking, including those posed by moral scepticism and relativism. It
explores the nature and grounds of moral reasoning; the relation between public
and private morality; and
ISBN-13
9780199599240
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publishing Date
2011-03-08
Total Pages
320
Morality And War: Can War Be Just In The Twenty-First Century?
With the ending of the strategic certainties of the Cold War, the need for moral
clarity over when, where and how to start, conduct and conclude war has never
been greater. There has been a recent revival of interest in the just war
tradition. But can a medieval theory help us answer twenty-first century
security concerns?
David Fisher explores how just war thinking can and should be developed to
provide such guidance. His in-depth study examines philosophical challenges to
just war thinking, including those posed by moral scepticism and relativism. It
explores the nature and grounds of moral reasoning; the relation between public
and private morality; and