The philosophy of war and peace / Jenny Teichman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teichman, Jenny, author.

Series:

Societas The philosophy of war and peace

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

War.

Peace (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK : Imprint Academic, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers historical and current events from the standpoint of moral philosophy. It describes: real wars and the ways in which they have or have not been fought according to principles of justice; terrorism, torture and the effects of scientific discoveries on the way war is conducted; peace movements and the influences of religion on the ideology surrounding warfare. The book criticises the ethical theories of analytical philosophers in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Publisher Information ; Preface ; The Philosophy of War and Peace; Part I ; The Causes and Aims of War; Causes and aims; Aims in history; Clausewitz on war; Lenin on war; Speculation: George Orwell and Aldous Huxley; Speculation: Sigmund Freud; Rules of War in the Ancient World ; Customary law and the laws of war; Israel and Greece; Plato and Aristotle; Rome; The Just War I; The thoughts of Saint Augustine; War and the religious orders; Developing the idea of a just war; The conditions needed for a war to be just; War and punishment

Aggression, defence, uncertaintyThe Just War II; Elizabeth Anscombe's papers on war; The meaning of innocence; Anthony Kenny and others on war and deterrence; Vatican II and pacem in terris; Some difficulties; The Laws of War and the Red Cross ; International law and the law of war; The Red Cross; International declarations; The resort to war and the methods of war; Savagery; The Nuremberg judgement; The Red Cross fundamental rules; Part II ; All-out Aerial Warfare; Hitler's Blitzkrieg and 'Gott straf England!'; 'Bomber' Harris; Bishop George Bell; Hiroshima, Nagasaki

All-out War and the Ordinary Soldier Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan; American soldiers in South-East Asia and Iraq; War and Science; Scientists and war; Aeroplanes; Chemical warfare; A scientific experiment; Engineers and physicists; Physicians and psychiatrists; Science and politics; Science and truth; Deterrent Threats in the Cold War; The Cold War and deterrent threats; The uselessness of nuclear weapons: George F. Kennan; The ethics of deterrence: John Finnis and colleagues; Stalin not immortal; On choosing between evils; Part III ; Terrorism; Politics and terrorism; Types of terror

On definitionsHow to define the word terrorism; A multi-faceted definition; Torture; Torture and the Inquisition; Dershowitz on torture; Official and unofficial torture; Reasons, good and bad, against advocating torture; Dershowitz and Bentham; Some opinions of scholars, clergy, physicians; Explaining torture and torturers; Hostages and Ransoms; Hostages in Entebbe, 1976; Hostages in Iran, 1979-1981; Hostages in London, 1980; Hostages in the Lebanon in the 1980s; Negotiating with hostage takers; The life and times of Terry Waite; Part IV ; Guerillas and Partisans; The just war re-visited

Guerillas, partisans, rebelsMorality and resistance; The SOE versus the Axis Powers; The resistance movements in occupied Europe, 1940-1946; The inspiration of leaders in exile; The fates of Petain and Laval of Vichy France; Resistance in Norway; The German invasion and Quisling; Nazi terror tactics; The attacks on the heavy water plant; The end of the war; The fate of the traitors; The moral power of resistance; Guerillas in Cuba; The character and aims of Fidel Castro and Ernesto ('Che') Guevara; A very short history of Cuba; Guerilla war in Cuba

When and why did Fidel Castro embrace Marxism?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 12, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84540-536-6

1-84540-537-4

OCLC:

941700193