THE MORALITY, POLITICS, AND IRONY OF WAR: Recovering Reinhold Niebuhr's Ethical Realism
The American experience of war is ironic. That is, there is often an intimate and unexamined relationship between seemingly contrary elements in war such as morality and politics. This article argues that without understanding such irony, we are unlikely to reflect in morally comprehensive ways on p...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 619-651 |
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Moralism
B ethical realism B Iraq War B Just War B Reinhold Niebuhr B World War II B U.S. Civil War |
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