Author : Dolores R. Leckey
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,42 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Just war doctrine
ISBN : 9781570756498
More than 50 theologians, peace activists, military experts, public policy analysts, and media commentators gathered together to discuss what a just war really is and how the theory applies to the war in Iraq. The participants include Jim Wallis, Joan Chittister, Drew Christiansen, Peter and Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, Michael Baxter, and many others.
Author : John David Smith
Publisher : Signet
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
ISBN : 9780451532268
This anthology of primary documents traces Reconstruction in the aftermath of the Civil War, chronicling the way Americans--Northern, Southern, black, and white--responded to the changes unleashed by the surrender at Appomattox and the end of slavery. Showcasing an impressive collection of original documents, including government publications, newspaper articles, speeches, pamphlets, and personal letters, this book captures the voices of a broad range of Americans, including Civil War veterans, former slaveholders, Northerners living in the South, and African-American men and women who lived through one of the most trying, complex, and misunderstood periods of American history.
Author : Mark J. Allman
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 157075859X
Once the smoke of the battlefield blows away, what are the moral requirements of the "victor"? While most studies of just war focus on the rationale for going to war and the conduct of the war, this important book examines the period after the conflict. What must be done to restore justice? In the words of the authors, "`Victory' is declared by presidents and other leaders, yet all too often no just peace is to be found in the wake of today's conflicts....After the smoke clears, the powers that be may declare `mission accomplished' when, as Ezekiel long ago said, there really is no peace." "Allman and Winright provide readers with a clear, concise, balanced, and informed assessment of an important topic in debates about modern warfare: the issue of moral duties in a post-conflict situation."---Kenneth R. Himes, O.F.M., Boston College "Timely and readable...Shows us not only that nations have responsibilities after war `ends,' but also that reconstructing societies requires specific processes of restoration."---Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College
Author : Todd Burkhardt
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438464022
Discusses how just war theory needs to be revised to better secure and respect human rights.
Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506457797
This book is a contribution to the Christian ethics of war and peace. It advances peacebuilding as a needed challenge to and expansion of the traditional framework of just-war theory and pacifism. It builds on a critical reading of historical landmarks from the Bible through Augustine, Aquinas, the Reformers, Christian peace movements, and key modern figures like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reinhold Niebuhr, and recent popes. Similar to just-war theory, peacebuilding is committed to social change and social justice but includes some theorists and practitioners who accept the use of force in extreme cases of self-defense or humanitarian intervention. Unlike just-war theorists, they do not see the justification of war as part of the Christian mission. Unlike traditional pacifists, they do see social change as necessary and possible and, as such, requiring Christian participation in public efforts. Cahill argues that transformative Christian social participation is demanded by the gospel and the example of Jesus, and can produce the avoidance, resolution, or reduction of conflicts. And yet obstacles are significant, and expectations must be realistic. Decisions to use armed force against injustice, even when they meet the criteria of just war, will be ambiguous and tragic from a Christian perspective. Regarding war and peace, the focus of Christian theology, ethics, and practice should not be on justifying war but on practical and hopeful interreligious peacebuilding.
Author : Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781555867058
Issued in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the pastoral letter The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response.
Author : International Society for Military Ethics in Europe. Annual conference
Publisher : Brill Nijhoff
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Peace-building
ISBN : 9789004411036
Jus Post bellum: Restraint, Stabilisation and Peace records the theory of military ethics and the process of attempting to achieve a safe and lasting peace after conflict from the basis of the Just War Theory.
Author : Gregory M. Reichberg
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 21,76 MB
Release : 2006-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1405123788
The Ethics of War is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war. Features essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, Russell, and Walzer Examines timely questions such as: When is recourse to arms morally justifiable? What moral constraints should apply to military conduct? How can a lasting peace be achieved? Will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in morality and ethics in war time Includes informative introductions and helpful marginal notes by editors
Author : Gerry Adams
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 2000-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1461660300
Gerry Adams'personal statement on the meaning, importance, and inspiration of modern Irish republicanism.
Author : Todd Burkhardt
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 32,74 MB
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1438464045
Warfare in the twenty-first century presents significant challenges to the modern state. Serious questions have arisen about the use of drones, target selection, civilian exposure to harm, intervening for humanitarian reasons, and war as a means of forcing regime change. In Just War and Human Rights Todd Burkhardt argues that updating the laws of war and reforming just war theory is needed. A twenty-year veteran of the US Army, Burkhardt claims that war is impermissible unless it is engaged, fought, and concluded with right intention. A state must not only have a just cause and limit its war-making activity in order to vindicate the just cause, but it must also seek to vindicate its just cause in a way that yields a just and lasting peace. A just and lasting peace is motivated by the just war tenet of right intention and predicated on the realization of human rights. Therefore, human rights should not only dictate how a state treats its own people but also how a state treats the people of other countries, insulating them and protecting innocent civilians from the harms of war. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched—an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7135 .
