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Public war, private conscience the ethics of political violence /

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Main Author: Fiala, Andrew G. (Andrew Gordon), 1966-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.
Subjects:
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Political violence > Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism.
Conscientious objection.
Just war doctrine.
Pacifism.
War (Philosophy)
Utilitarianism.
Duty.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The sublime grind of Ares
  • The war of public and private
  • Plato's prophecy and Kant's dream
  • Democratic control and professional ethics
  • The military establishment
  • The democratic peace myth : from Kant and Mill to Hiroshima and Baghdad
  • The vanity of temporal things : Hegel and the ethics of war
  • American ambivalence : militarism, pacifism, and pragmatism
  • Sliding scales and the mischief of war
  • Waterboarding, torture, and violence
  • Conscientious refusal and the liberal tradition
  • Public myths and private protest.

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