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From warism to pacifism : a moral continuum / Duane L. Cady.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cady, Duane L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pacifism.
- Just war doctrine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (171 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Duane Cady views warism and pacifism as polar extremes on a continuum that embraces a full spectrum of ethical positions on the morality of war and peace. Realizing that he could not intellectually defend the notions of just-war theory, he found that he was a reluctant pacifist. In this new edition of From Warism to Pacifism, Cady continues to expose the pervasive, subconscious warism that is the dominant ideology in modern Western culture. He explores the changes over the last twenty years-from the end of the Cold War to the ongoing "war on terror," as well as Barack Obama w
- Contents:
- Introduction: a history of the idea of pacifism
- Warism
- A just-war continuum
- Means and ends
- A pacifist continuum
- Positive peace
- Objections
- Implications
- Afterword: nonviolence and the war on terror.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612865381
- 9781282865389
- 1282865382
- 9781439903131
- 1439903131
- OCLC:
- 670411452
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