Pacifism : a philosophy of nonviolence / by Robert L. Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Robert L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Just war doctrine.

Nonviolence--Moral and ethical aspects.

Nonviolence.

Pacifism.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Summary:

"In a world riven with conflict, violence and war, this book proposes a philosophical defense of pacifism. It argues that there is a moral presumption against war and unless that presumption is defeated, war is unjustified. Leading philosopher of non-violence Robert Holmes contends that neither just war theory nor the rationales for recent wars (Vietnam, the Gulf War, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars) defeat that presumption, hence that war in the modern world is morally unjustified. A detailed, comprehensive and elegantly argued text which guides both students and scholars through the main debates (Just War Theory and double effect to name a few) clearly but without oversimplifying the complexities of the issues or historical examples."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Chapter 1. Reconceptualizing War ; Chapter 2. The Presumption against War ; Chapter 3. Realism and War

Part II. Chapter 4. Augustine on Ethics and War ; Chapter 5. Anatomy of the Just War Theory ; Chapter 6. Self-Defense and the Alleged Moral Equality of Soldiers ; Chapter 7. Just Cause and the Killing of Innocents

Part III. Chapter 8. The Vietnam War ; Chapter 9. The Gulf and Iraq Wars in Light of the Just War Theory and Western Imperialism ; Chapter 10. KOSOVO

Part IV. Chapter 11. The Metaethics of Pacifism ; Chapter 12. Do Pacifism and Just War Theory Converge?

Part V. Chapter 13. Pacifism and Humanitarian Military Intervention ; Chapter 14. Terrorism, Violence and Nonviolence ; Chapter 15. Existential Pacifism

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781474279840

1474279848

9781474279857

1474279856

9781474279819

1474279813

OCLC:

957265055