Ethics and weapons of mass destruction : religious and secular perspectives / / edited by Sohail H. Hashmi and Steven P. Lee [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457714203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-107-16153-3; 1-280-54114-8; 0-511-60686-9; 0-511-21548-7; 0-511-21727-7; 0-511-21190-2; 0-511-32733-1; 0-511-21367-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 533 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: The Ethikon series in comparative ethics
• Disciplina: 172/.42
• Soggetti: Nuclear warfare - Moral and ethical aspects; Weapons of mass destruction - Moral and ethical aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Weapons of mass destruction : a brief overview / Susan B. Martin -- The international law concerning weapons of mass destruction / Paul C. Szasz -- Realist perspectives on ethical norms and weapons of mass destruction / Scott D. Sagan -- Realism and weapons of mass destruction : a consequentialist analysis / Susan B. Martin -- Natural law and weapons of mass destruction / C.A.J. Coady -- War and indeterminancy in natural law thinking / John Langan -- Liberalism : the impossibility of justifying weapons of mass destruction / Henry Shue -- A liberal perspective on deterrence and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction / Michael Walzer -- Christianity and weapons of mass destruction / Nigel Biggar -- Christian apocalypticism and weapons of mass destruction / Martin L. Cook -- Buddhist perspectives on weapons of mass destruction / David W. Chappell -- Buddhism and weapons of mass destruction : an oxymoron? / Donald ; K. Swearer -- Confucianism and weapons of mass destruction / Julia Ching -- "Heaven's mandate" and the concept of war in early Confucianism / Philip J. Ivanhoe -- Hinduism and the ethics of weapons of mass destruction / Katherine K. Young -- Hinduism and weapons of mass destruction : pacifist, prudential, and political / Kanti Bajpai -- Islamic ethics and weapons of mass destruction : an argument for nonproliferation / Sohail H. Hashmi -- "Do not violate the limit" : three issues in Islamic thinking on weapons of mass destruction / John Kelsay -- Judaism, war, and weapons of mass destruction / Reuven Kimelman -- Between the Bible and the Holocaust : three sources for Jewish perspectives on mass destruction / Joseph E. David -- A feminist ethical perspective on weapons of mass destruction / Carol Cohn, Sara Ruddick -- A pragmatist feminist approach to the ethics of weapons of mass destruction / Lucinda Joy Peach -- Pacifism and weapons of mass destruction / Robert L. Holmes -- Pacifism and weapons of mass destruction : the challenge of peace / Duane L. Cady -- Weapons of mass destruction and the limits of moral understanding : a comparative essay / Steven P. Lee.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume, first published in 2004, offers an interesting perspective on the discussion of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by broadening the terms of the debate to include both secular and religious investigations not normally considered. The volume contains a structured dialogue between representatives of the following ethical traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, feminism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, liberalism, natural law, pacifism, and realism. There are two introductory chapters on the technical aspects of WMD and international agreements for controlling WMD. A concluding essay compares the different ethical traditions. All the authors address the same set of moral issues and this creates a dialogue both within and across traditions. The debate structure is particularly useful and appealing for pedagogical purposes. The introductory essays on the technical and legal aspects of WMD could easily be used to introduce the subject to students.