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The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions

The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions

The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions Paperback / softback - 2006

by Richard Sorabji

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Paperback / softback. New. 9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq left many people baffled and concerned. This book traces how different cultures involved in these conflicts have addressed similar problems over the centuries. It addresses various issues including asymmetric war, preventive war, human rights and humanitarian intervention.
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  • Title The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions
  • Author Richard Sorabji
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, Burlington, VT
  • Publication date 2006-02-16
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780754654490
  • ISBN 9780754654490 / 0754654494
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.42 cm)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005006171
  • Dewey Decimal Code 172.42
  • Quantity available 1

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The Ethics of War traces how different cultures involved in present conflicts have addressed problems over the centuries. Distinguished authors reflect how the Greco-Roman world, Byzantium, the Christian just war tradition, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and the Geneva Conventions have addressed recurrent ethical issues of war. Cutting edge essays by prominent modern theorists address vital contemporary issues including asymmetric war, preventive war, human rights and humanitarian intervention.

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  • Choice, 10/01/2006, Page 310

About the author

Professor Richard Sorabji, CBE, FBA, is a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and Fellow and Professor Emeritus of King's College, London. He was formerly Director of Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric. Dr David Rodin is Director of Research at Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Philosophy Faculty, Oxford, UK, and is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australian National University, Australia. He is also a steering committee member for the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.

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