The ethics of war : Classic and contemporary readings.
Title:
The ethics of war : Classic and contemporary readings.
Author:
Reichberg, Gregory M.
ISBN:
9781405123785
9781405123778
Publication Information:
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Physical Description:
731 s.
Contents:
Table of Contents Preface Part I: Ancient and Early Christian 1. Thucydides (ca. 460 -- ca. 400 BC): War and Power 2. Plato (427 -- 347 BC): Tempering War among the Greeks 3. Aristotle (384 -- 322 BC): Courage, Slavery, and Citizen Soldiers 4. Roman Law of War and Peace (7th century BC -- 1st century AD): Ius Fetiale 5. Cicero (106 -- 43 BC): Civic Virtue as the Foundation of Peace 6. Early Church Fathers (2nd -- 4th century): Pacifism and Defense of the Innocent 7. Augustine (354 -- 430): Just War in the Service of Peace Part II: Medieval 8. Medieval Peace Movements (975 -- 1123): Religious Limitations on Warfare 9. The Crusades (11th -- 13th century): Christian Holy War 10. Gratian and the Decretists (12th century): War and Coercion in the Decretum 11. John of Salisbury (ca. 1120 -- 1180): The Challenge of Tyranny 12. Raymond of Penafort (ca. 1175 -- 1275) & William of Rennes (13th century): The Conditions of Just War, Self-Defense and their Legal Consequences under Penitential Jurisdiction 13. Innocent IV (ca. 1180 -- 1254): The Kinds of Violence and the Limits of Holy War 14. Alexander of Hales (ca. 1185 -- 1245): Virtuous Dispositions in Warfare 15. Hostiensis (ca. 1200 -- 1271): A Topology of Internal and External War 16. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225 -- 1274): Just War and Sins against Peace 17. Dante Alighieri: (1265 -- 1321): Peace by Universal Monarchy 18. Bartolus of Saxoferrato (ca. 1313 -- 1357): Roman War in Christendom 19. Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364 -- ca. 1431): War and Chivalry 20. Raphael Fulgosius (1367 -- 1427): Just War Reduced to Public War Part III: Late Scholastic and Reformation 21. Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466 -- 1536): The Spurious 'Right to War' 22. Cajetan (1468-1534): War and Vindicative Justice 23. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 -- 1527): War Is Just to Whom It Is Necessary 24. Thomas More (ca. 1478-1535): Warfare in Utopia 25. Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Jean Calvin (1509-1564): Legitimate War in Reformed Christianity 26. The Radical Refor.
Abstract:
Addresses issues both timely and age-old about the nature of war. When is recourse to arms morally justifiable? What moral constraints should apply to military conduct? This volume offers a collection of essays by classic and medieval philosophers, as well as thinkers of the modern age. It is useful for philosophers, students, and general readers."The Ethics of War" is a much-needed anthology addressing issues both timely and age-old about the nature of war. When is recourse to arms morally justifiable? What moral constraints should apply to military conduct? How can a lasting peace be achieved? Over the past two and a half millennia a substantive body of ethical reflection has emerged in response to these and similar questions. This volume offers a collection of essays by classic and medieval philosophers, as well as thinkers of the modern age. Never before have such seminal texts on the ethics of war been gathered together in a single volume. Expertly introduced by the editors, and including marginal notes for guidance, "The Ethics of War" is an indispensable resource for philosophers, students, and general readers alike.