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9781566636018
ISBN
9781566636018

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Publisher
Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
ISBN-10
1566636019
ISBN-13
9781566636018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30788269

Product Key Features

Book Title
Just War : an American Reflection on the Morality of War in Our Time
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Military / General, General
Genre
Philosophy, Political Science, History
Author
Peter S. Temes
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
6.9 in

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Reviews
In this lucid and clearly written book, Peter Temes provides a thorough and balanced assessment of Just War thinking from a variety of cultural and historical perspectives., Timely and intelligent commentary. . . . The book's chief gift is its empowerment of the reader to make informed moral observations on future wars., Lucidly and intensely Temes engages us in a carefully reasoned, historically rooted, evocative drive to justify war in terms that serve modern conditions., "...Reading and discussing The Just War seems almost necessary." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Timely and intelligent commentary. . . . The book's chief gift is its empowerment of the reader to make informed moral observations on future wars." -- Publishers Weekly "With this timely book Peter Temes . . . cuts through the usual polemics about a subject as urgent and complex as it is timeless. . . . A truly admirable book." --Sidney Hyman "Lucidly and intensely Temes engages us in a carefully reasoned, historically rooted, evocative drive to justify war in terms that serve modern conditions." --Lewis M. Feldstein, chair of Harvard University's Saguaro Seminar on Civic Engagement and president, The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation "In this lucid and clearly written book, Peter Temes provides a thorough and balanced assessment of Just War thinking from a variety of cultural and historical perspectives." --George Lucas, Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law, U.S. Naval Academy "Should be a required reading for those who beat war's drum." -- The Virginia Quarterly Review "Challeng[es] us to form a new moral view of war." -- Tampa Tribune "The author takes a new look at 'just war theory.'" -- Forecast "Temes's philosophical synthesis is nuanced and impressive." -- Booklist "More than just a history . . . considers the idea of 'just war thinking' . . . probing the philosophy behind justifications for war." -- Midwest Book Review "The book [is] the best single work on the subject of Just War that I have read in the past 20 years." --Major Arthur Gans, Canadian Military Journal, The book [is] the best single work on the subject of Just War that I have read in the past 20 years., With this timely book Peter Temes . . . cuts through the usual polemics about a subject as urgent and complex as it is timeless. . . . A truly admirable book., More than just a history . . . considers the idea of 'just war thinking' . . . probing the philosophy behind justifications for war.
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
172/.42
Table Of Content
Part 1 Preface vii Part 2 Acknowledgments xiii Part 3 Introduction: The Dual Nature of War 3 Part 4 "We Go to War That We May Have Peace" 9 Part 5 The Fundamental Ideas Of Just War 41 Part 6 The Catholic Vocabulary of War: The Center and the Fringe of Catholic Just War Doctrine 76 Part 7 Muslim and Jewish Just War Traditions: The Center and the Fringe 94 Part 8 The Questions of Sequence and Scale 127 Part 9 Saying No and Saying Yes: Protest and the Integrity of Language in Times of War 138 Part 10 A Just War Theory for the Twenty-First Century 166 Part 11 Three Concluding Principles 180 Part 12 Afterword: On the Second Gulf War 199 Part 13 Index 207
Synopsis
"War," Peter Temes writes, "is always wrong but sometimes necessary." With that principle at its center, The Just War offers a critical history of Just War thinking, beginning with ancient epics and extending through American responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11. More than a challenging new appraisal of Just War's history, Mr. Temes's book proposes a radically new vision of Just War thinking, one that respects the received tradition but takes account of the moral experience of today's world. He sees the Gulf War, the turmoil of Yugoslavia, Israel's Occupied Territories, and questions about Iraq and the "war on terror" as moral challenges that cannot be easily resolved but must nevertheless be addressed. Looking closely at the history of Islam, the philosophy of Jihad, Christian thought, the experience of the Crusades, and the Hebrew Bible's teachings about war, he considers their lessons with our modern experience in mind. His clear descriptions of the writings of European thinkers on war, including Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel, are focused on the meanings these ideas must have for us today. And Mr. Temes speaks directly to the central moral questions about war, arriving at the core principles of a Just War philosophy for our time: that it acknowledges the preciousness and value of all human life; that it is a war about the future and not about the past; and that it strengthens the rights of individuals., The Just War offers a critical history of Just War thinking, beginning with ancient epics and extending through American responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11., A critical history of Just War thinking, beginning with ancient epics and extending through American responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11. Mr. Temes's book proposes a radically new vision, one that respects the received tradition but takes account of the moral experience of the world today.
LC Classification Number
U22.T46 2003

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