Just War Thinking: Morality and Pragmatism in the Struggle against Contemporary Threats

by Eric Patterson

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Just War Thinking reconsiders the intersection between morality and pragmatics in foreign policy and modern warfare. The book argues that a political ethic of responsibility should motivate the contemporary application of military force by states in order to protect international security and human life, considering the challenges posed by today's new wars: targeted killing, humanitarian intervention, terrorism, jus post bellum, and the influences...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:073911901X

ISBN13:9780739119013

Release Date:August 2009

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:142 Pages

Weight:0.56 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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Philosophy Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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