Beyond just war : a virtue ethics approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Chan, David K. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. |
| Description: | xiii, 223 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8937660 |
| Summary: | 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?' |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 223 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137263407 1137263407 |
