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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777729703321

Autore

Baron Ilan Zvi <1978->

Titolo

Justifying the obligation to die [[electronic resource] ] : war, ethics, and political obligation with illustrations from Zionism / / Ilan Zvi Baron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49309-4

9786612493096

0-7391-2975-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

172.42

172/.42

Soggetti

Political obligation

War - Moral and ethical aspects

Death - Political aspects

Zionism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Just War and Obligation; Chapter 2. The Jewish Question and Zionism; Chapter 3. Aristotle, War, the Good Life, and Zionism; Chapter 4. For the State; Chapter 5. Salvation; Chapter 6. Wishful Thinking: Consent, Contract, and the Obligation to Die; Chapter 7. Justifying the Obligation to Die; Conclusion: The Obligation to Die; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Justifying the Obligation to Die provides a critical survey covering classical, medieval, and modern political thinking on how the state or sovereign may justifiably oblige members of the community to risk their lives on its behalf by being sent into war, and it uses Zionism to illustrate how this obligation has been argued in practice. The author then turns to the political thought of Hannah Arendt in order to argue how the obligation could become justifiable.