Between Global Violence and the Ethics of Peace

INTRODUCTION

Philosophy After Hiroshima: From Power Politics to the Ethics of Nonviolence and Co-Responsibility (Edward Demenchonok).

 PART I: HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND CO-RESPONSIBILITY

1. Globalization and Violence: The Challenge to Ethics (Edward Demenchonok and Richard Peterson).

2. The Democratic Peace Myth: From Hiroshima to Bahdad (Andrew Fiala).

3. The Holocaust Sublime: Singularity, Representation, and the Violence of Everyday Life (John Sanbonmatsu).

4. Can Historical Responsibility Strengthen Contemporary Political Culture (Jenny Tillmanns).

5. The Project of Reconciliation and the Road to Redemption: Hegel’s Social Philosophy and Nietzsche’s Critique (Steven V. Hicks).

PART II. STOPPING THE VIOLENCE: MODES OF RESPONSE

6. No More Hiroshimas and Sharp Weapons (Keping Wang).

7. Relevant Hellenic Factors Favoring Effective Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence (Leonidas Bargeliotes).

8. The Grounding of Forgiveness: Martha Nussbaum on Compassion and Mercy (Paul Gallagher).

PART III. STRIVING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

9. Human Rights: Historical Learning in the Shadow of Violence (Richard T. Peterson).

10. The Universal Concept of Human Rights as a Regulative Principle: Freedom Versus Paternalism (Edward Demenchonok).