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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458006003321

Titolo

The ethics of war in Asian civilizations : a comparative perspective / / edited by Torkel Brekke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-29152-3

1-280-37407-1

9786610374076

0-203-48221-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrekkeTorkel

Disciplina

205.6242095

Soggetti

Just war doctrine

War - Moral and ethical aspects - Asia

War - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Ethics of war in judaism; 2 Islamic tradition and the justice of war; 3 Between prudence and heroism; 4 In defense of dharma; 5 Might makes right; 6 The just war in early china; Afterword; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It opens a discussion about whether there are universal standards in the ideologies of warfare between the major religious traditions of the world.While the chapters are written by specialists in Asian cultures, some of the conceptual apparatus is drawn from the scholarly discourse on just war, developed in the study of the ethical tradition of Christianity. Taking a comparative approach, the book looks at six different Asian religious, philosophical and political traditi