{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-war-classic-and-contemporary-readings-hardback-9781405123778","title":"The Ethics of War; Classic and Contemporary Readings (Hardback) 9781405123778","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Ethics of War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClassic and Contemporary Readings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On balance...\u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of War\u003c\/i\u003e will serve as a tremendous resource for students, teachers and writers for decades to come. We owe its editors much gratitude for their diligent compilation of a tremendous range of texts, and their careful scholarly analysis of the arguments to be found within them.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Perry, United States Army War College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This superbly edited and thoughtfully organized collection brings together all of the essential texts of the just war tradition in one single volume. An outstanding achievement!\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGeorge R. Lucas, Jr., U.S. Naval Academy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A unique and extremely well-done collection of essays culled from every period of Western history – some of which were previously unavailable in English. This is an important anthology, one that should be read and re-read by any serious student of the perennial ethical problems of warfare.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCarl Ficarotta, US Air Force Academy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This magnificent volume allows readers both to learn \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e the past and \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e the past. It will be of great value to historians, while those who are concerned with the burning current issues of just war will appreciate the depth of analysis of their predecessors.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJon Elster, Collège de France\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory M. Reichberg (Edited by), GM Reichberg (Author), Henrik Syse (Edited by), Endre Begby (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405123778, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 May 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e756 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 4.5 cm, 1.438 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a superb, comprehensive collection of the basic texts that make up the just war tradition. Some have been very difficult to get hold of and others have been translated for the first time. It will be an indispensable resource for all departments of international affairs, ethics, war studies, peace studies and many history departments.\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education,\u003c\/i\u003e 25 May 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As a collection of key readings, each prefaced by editorial comment, it can scarcely be bettered.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An invaluable resource for many readers for years to come...anyone interested in the history of western thought on the subject of war will find [the volume] fascinating.\" (\u003ci\u003ePeace News\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of War\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable collection of essays addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature and ethics of war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures essays by great thinkers from ancient times through to the present day, among them Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, Russell, and Walzer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines 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?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWill appeal to a broad range of readers interested in morality and ethics in war time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes informative introductions and helpful marginal notes by editors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Ancient and Early Christian 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Thucydides (ca. 460-ca. 400 BC): War and Power 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Plato (427-347 BC): Tempering War among the Greeks 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle (384-322 BC): Courage, Slavery, and Citizen Soldiers 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Roman Law of War and Peace (Seventh Century BC-First Century AD): Ius Fetiale 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Cicero (106-43 BC): Civic Virtue as the Foundation of Peace 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Early Church Fathers (Second to Fourth Centuries): Pacifism and Defense of the Innocent 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Augustine (354-430): Just War in the Service of Peace 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Medieval 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Medieval Peace Movements (975-1123): Religious Limitations on Warfare 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Crusades (Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries): Christian Holy War 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Gratian and the Decretists (Twelfth Century): War and Coercion in the Decretum 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 John of Salisbury (ca. 1115-1180): The Challenge of Tyranny 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Raymond of Peñafort (ca. 1180-1275) and William of Rennes (Thirteenth Century): The Conditions of Just War, Self-defense, and their Legal Consequences under Penitential Jurisdiction 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Innocent IV (ca. 1180-1254): The Kinds of Violence and the Limits of Holy War 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Alexander of Hales (ca. 1185-1245): Virtuous Dispositions in Warfare 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Hostiensis (ca. 1200-1271): A Typology of Internal and External War 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274): Just War and Sins against Peace 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Dante Alighieri (1265-1321): Peace by Universal Monarchy 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Bartolus of Saxoferrato (ca. 1313-1357): Roman War within Christendom 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-ca. 1431): War and Chivalry 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Raphaël Fulgosius (1367-1427): Just War Reduced to Public War 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Late Scholastic and Reformation 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536): The Spurious \"Right to War\" 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Cajetan (1468-1534): War and Vindicative Justice 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527): War is Just to Whom it is Necessary 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Thomas More (ca. 1478-1535): Warfare in Utopia 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Jean Calvin (1509-1564): Legitimate War in Reformed Christianity 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Radical Reformation (Sixteenth Century): Religious Rationales for Violence and Pacifism 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Francisco de Vitoria (ca. 1492-1546): Just War in the Age of Discovery 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Luis de Molina (1535-1600): Distinguishing War from Punishment 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Francisco Suárez (1548-1617): Justice, Charity, and War 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Alberico Gentili (1552-1608): The Advantages of Preventive War 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Johannes Althusius (1557-1638): Defending the Commonwealth 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Hugo Grotius (1583-1645): The Theory of Just War Systematized 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Modern 439\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679): Solving the Problem of Civil War 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677): The Virtue of Peace 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694): War in an Emerging System of States 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 John Locke (1632-1704): The Rights of Man and the Limits of Just Warfare 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Christian von Wolff (1679-1754): Bilateral Rights of War 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Montesquieu (1689-1755): National Self-preservation and the Balance of Power 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): Supranational Government and Peace 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Emer de Vattel (1714-1767): War in Due Form 504\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Cosmopolitan Rights, Human Progress, and Perpetual Peace 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831): War and the Spirit of the Nation-state 542\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831): Ethics and Military Strategy 553\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Daniel Webster (1782-1852): The Caroline Incident (1837) 562\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Francis Lieber (1800-1872): Devising a Military Code of Conduct 565\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): Foreign Intervention and National Autonomy 574\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895): War as an Instrument of Emancipation 586\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Twentieth Century 593\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924): The Dream of a League of Nations 595\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Bertrand Russell (1872-1970): Pacifism and Modern War 600\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Hans Kelsen (1881-1973): Bellum Iustum in International Law 605\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Paul Ramsey (1913-1988): Nuclear Weapons and Legitimate Defense 614\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 G. E. M. Anscombe (1919-2001): The Moral Recklessness of Pacifism 625\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 John Rawls (1921-2002): The Moral Duties of Statesmen 633\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Michael Walzer (b. 1935): Terrorism and Ethics 642\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Thomas Nagel (b. 1937): The Logic of Hostility 653\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 James Turner Johnson (b. 1938): Contemporary Just War 660\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 National Conference of Catholic Bishops (1983 and 1993): A Presumption against War 669\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Kofi Annan (b. 1938): Toward a New Definition of Sovereignty 683\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 694\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437757296920,"sku":"9781405123778","price":104.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405123778.jpg?v=1784938362","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ethics-of-war-classic-and-contemporary-readings-hardback-9781405123778","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}