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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975130803321

Autore

Fiala Andrew <1966->

Titolo

Practical pacifism / / Andrew Fiala

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-65615-8

9786610656158

0-87586-292-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

12, 245 p

Disciplina

303.6/6

Soggetti

Pacifism

Just war doctrine

Terrorism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Practical Pacifism -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Practical Pacifism -- The Current Problem -- Practical Pacifism -- The American Empire and Humanitarian Intervention -- Individual Responsibility in the Age of Terrorism -- Chapter 1 Appendix: For Philosophers Only -- Chapter 2. Of Apes and Militarists: The Human Roots of Political Violence -- Biology and Aggression -- War and Culture -- Militarism and the State -- Militarism and Pragmatism -- Chapter 3. Absolute Pacifism and Just War Theory -- Absolute Pacifism -- A Humanistic Approach -- Just War -- Chapter 4. Citizenship, Epistemology, and the Just War Theory -- Presumptions For or Against Violence -- Pacifism and Just War Theory -- Knowledge and the Burden of Proof -- Patriotism, Protest, and Civil Disobedience -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Violence, Terrorism, and War -- Violence and Consent -- Rhetorical Problems -- Terrorism -- War -- Chapter 6. Terrorism and the Philosophy of History -- Political Philosophy and History -- Means and Ends -- Rawls and the Philosophy of History -- The Supreme Emergency Exemption -- Practical Pacifism and the Rhetoric of War -- Chapter 7. Alienation, Information, and War -- Two Sides of Toleration and Dissent -- Paranoia and Terrorism -- Bureaucracy and Alienation -- Conclusions -- Chapter 8. The Myth of the Suicide Bomber: Despair



and Eschatology -- Eschatological Hatred and Suicide Bombers -- Suicide, Martyrdom, and Scapegoating -- Terrorism and Eschatology -- The Eschatological Suspension of the Ethical -- Religion and Politics -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9. The Melioristic Imperative of Liberal Hope -- Cynicism, Realism, and Violence -- Liberalism and Meliorism -- Optimism, Pessimism, and Pragmatism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Democracy, Philosophy, and Peace -- Philosophy and Zones of Peace.

Individual Rights, Group Identity, and Humanitarian Intervention -- Clean Hands and Dirty Hands -- "Men Without Chests"? -- Conclusion -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The United States has a unique responsibility and opportunity to use democracy to end war; but, after 9/11, many can no longer imagine pacifism. in any form. Practical Pacifism argues for an approach to peace that aims beyond religion toward a moral consen.