On War and Morality.

On War and Morality.

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Author / Creator:Holmes, Robert L.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (324 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Studies in moral, political, and legal philosophy.
Subject:
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275443
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ISBN:9781400860142
1400860148
Notes:Cover; Contents.
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Summary:The threat to the survival of humankind posed by nuclear weapons has been a frightening and essential focus of public debate for the last four decades and must continue to be so if we are to avoid destroying ourselves and the natural world around us. One unfortunate result of preoccupation with the nuclear threat, however, has been a new kind of ""respectability"" accorded to conventional war. In this radical and cogent argument for pacifism, Robert Holmes asserts that all war--not just nuclear war--has become morally impermissible in the modern world. Addressing a wide audience of informed.
Other form:Print version: Holmes, Robert L. On War and Morality. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014

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