Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice
The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporary world, but surprisingly few scholars have questioned the authority of the tradition as a source of moral guidance for modern statecraft. Just War: Auth...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington
Georgetown University Press
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Just war] (2015) (Cole, Darrell)
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| Summary: | The just war tradition is central to the practice of international relations, in questions of war, peace, and the conduct of war in the contemporary world, but surprisingly few scholars have questioned the authority of the tradition as a source of moral guidance for modern statecraft. Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice brings together many of the most important contemporary writers on just war to consider questions of authority surrounding the just war tradition. Authority is critical in two key senses. First, it is central to framing the ethical debate about the justice or injustice |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1589019962 |