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The Philosophy of War and Exile / by N. Gertz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gertz, N., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy, 2946-2746
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Ethics.
- Social history.
- Politics and war.
- Political Philosophy.
- Social Philosophy.
- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
- Social History.
- Military and Defence Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Political Philosophy.
- Social Philosophy.
- Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
- Social History.
- Military and Defence Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Arguing that the suffering of combatants is better understood through philosophy than psychology, as not trauma, but exile, this book investigates the experiences of torturers, UAV operators, cyberwarriors, and veterans to reveal not only the exile at the core of becoming a combatant, but the evasion from exile at the core of being a noncombatant.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Helping vs. harming, understanding vs. judging; From PTSD theory to just war theory; From common sense to exile; Overview of the book: from criticism to creation; Part I Becoming Responsible; 1 The Lust for War vs. The Lust for Judgment; What common morality is; What common morality does; What common morality doesn't do; Identity vs. morality, understanding vs. judgment; 2 'A World Without Responsibility'; Who is responsible?; What is responsibility?; Responsibility and war: Walzer vs. Gray
- Responsibility as what it means to be human: Gray on the ecstasies of warResponsibility as what it means to be human: Gray on the agonies of war; Becoming responsible; Part II Being in Exile, Being as Exile; 3 What's Wrong with (How We Think About) Torture?; The torture debate; Becoming a torturer: training; Being a torturer: revenge; Remaining a torturer: exile; Torture and responsibility; 4 Drone Operators, Cyber Warriors, and Prosthetic Gods; What is "unmanned warfare"?; What is it like to be a drone?; Drone technics; Unmanned responsibility; 5 'Of the Many Who Returned and Yet Were Dead'
- PTSD and exileMorality and exile; Identity and exile; Conclusion: Our Veterans, Ourselves; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349468720
- 134946872X
- 9781137351227
- 1137351225
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