Ebook: Beyond Just War: A Virtue Ethics Approach
Author: David K. Chan (auth.)
- Tags: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, International Relations, Peace Studies
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?'
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