Ethics and weapons of mass destruction : religious and secular perspectives / edited by Sohail H. Hashmi and Steven P. Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hashmi, Sohail H., 1962- editor.

Lee, Steven (Steven P.), editor.

Series:

Ethikon series in comparative ethics.

The Ethikon series in comparative ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear warfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nuclear warfare.

Weapons of mass destruction--Moral and ethical aspects.

Weapons of mass destruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 533 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ethics & Weapons of Mass Destruction

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, first published in 2004, offers an interesting perspective on the discussion of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by broadening the terms of the debate to include both secular and religious investigations not normally considered. The volume contains a structured dialogue between representatives of the following ethical traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, feminism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, liberalism, natural law, pacifism, and realism. There are two introductory chapters on the technical aspects of WMD and international agreements for controlling WMD. A concluding essay compares the different ethical traditions. All the authors address the same set of moral issues and this creates a dialogue both within and across traditions. The debate structure is particularly useful and appealing for pedagogical purposes. The introductory essays on the technical and legal aspects of WMD could easily be used to introduce the subject to students.

Contents:

Weapons of mass destruction : a brief overview / Susan B. Martin

The international law concerning weapons of mass destruction / Paul C. Szasz

Realist perspectives on ethical norms and weapons of mass destruction / Scott D. Sagan

Realism and weapons of mass destruction : a consequentialist analysis / Susan B. Martin

Natural law and weapons of mass destruction / C.A.J. Coady

War and indeterminancy in natural law thinking / John Langan

Liberalism : the impossibility of justifying weapons of mass destruction / Henry Shue

A liberal perspective on deterrence and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction / Michael Walzer

Christianity and weapons of mass destruction / Nigel Biggar

Christian apocalypticism and weapons of mass destruction / Martin L. Cook

Buddhist perspectives on weapons of mass destruction / David W. Chappell

Buddhism and weapons of mass destruction : an oxymoron? / Donald K. Swearer

Confucianism and weapons of mass destruction / Julia Ching

"Heaven's mandate" and the concept of war in early Confucianism / Philip J. Ivanhoe

Hinduism and the ethics of weapons of mass destruction / Katherine K. Young

Hinduism and weapons of mass destruction : pacifist, prudential, and political / Kanti Bajpai

Islamic ethics and weapons of mass destruction : an argument for nonproliferation / Sohail H. Hashmi

"Do not violate the limit" : three issues in Islamic thinking on weapons of mass destruction / John Kelsay

Judaism, war, and weapons of mass destruction / Reuven Kimelman

Between the Bible and the Holocaust : three sources for Jewish perspectives on mass destruction / Joseph E. David

A feminist ethical perspective on weapons of mass destruction / Carol Cohn, Sara Ruddick

A pragmatist feminist approach to the ethics of weapons of mass destruction / Lucinda Joy Peach

Pacifism and weapons of mass destruction / Robert L. Holmes

Pacifism and weapons of mass destruction : the challenge of peace / Duane L. Cady

Weapons of mass destruction and the limits of moral understanding : a comparative essay / Steven P. Lee.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16153-3

1-280-54114-8

0-511-60686-9

0-511-21548-7

0-511-21727-7

0-511-21190-2

0-511-32733-1

0-511-21367-0

OCLC:

171139162