On War: A Dialogue

ISBN-10: 0742560457
ISBN-13: 9780742560451
Series: On War
Category: Philosophy
Pages: 159
Language: English
Published: 2009
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Author: Brian Orend

Description

One in the series New Dialogues in Philosophy, Brian Orend has written an engaging dialogue from the perspectives of a critically injured soldier and his spouse on all questions related to the ethics of going to war and the ethics of fighting in war. Readers learn of the major traditions of thinking about war, including realism, pacifism, just war theory, and international law. Orend draws on a variety of references from the Civil War to the current war in Iraq to illustrate the moral dimension and ambiguity of war.

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On War
- 2017-09-05
- 200 pages
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On War: Vom Kriege
- 2016-08-04
- 144 pages
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- 342 pages
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