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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786099503321

Titolo

Ethics, nationalism, and just war [[electronic resource] ] : medieval and contemporary perspectives / / Henrik Syse and Gregory M. Reichberg, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8132-2096-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SyseHenrik <1966->

ReichbergGregory M

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

Just war doctrine - History

War - Moral and ethical aspects

Military ethics

Nationalism - Moral and ethical aspects

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

Thinking morally about war in the Middle Ages and today / James Turner Johnson -- Taming warriors in Classical and early Medieval political theory / John Von Heyking -- Augustine and just war : between virtue and duties / Henrik Syse -- Just war, schism, and peace in St. Augustine / Phillip W. Gray -- Is there a "presumption against war" in Aquinas's ethics? / Gregory M. Reichberg -- Poets and politics : just war in Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan / Kate L. Forhan -- Reflections on Medieval just war theories : a commentary on part one / Gerson Moreno-Riaño -- Maintaining the protection of noncombatants / James Turner Johnson -- Protecting the natural environment in wartime : ethical considerations from the just war tradition / Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse -- U.N.-authorized interventions : a slippery slope of forcible interference? / Anne Julie Semb -- Ethical uncertainties of nationalism / Dan Smith -- The sort of nationalism and patriotism that Europe needs / Andreas Follesdal -- Defining and delivering justice : the work of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals / James Meernik -- The legitimacy of anticipatory defense and forcible regime change / Dieter Janssen -- Genocide : a case for the



responsibility of the bystander / Arne Johan Vetlesen -- The ethical core of the nation-state : a postscript to part two / J. Peter Burgess.