The Ethics of War and PeaceISBN: 978-0-7456-4167-6
Hardcover
224 pages
July 2009, Polity
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- A clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and
wide-ranging perspectives in the ethics of war and peace
- Provides a fair-minded and engaging analysis of the different
ethical theories in traditional and contemporary debates
- Makes a strong case for a cosmopolitan pacifist position, arguing that we need to see peace in more positive terms than merely the absence of war
- Uses a wide range of examples from across the world and
includes discussion of nuclear weapons, new wars, terrorism,
humanitarian intervention and human security
- Each chapter contains a helpful survey of its contents at the beginning and a set of questions for individual reflection or group discussion at the end