02776oam 2200649I 450 991078468780332120230828225701.01-134-29151-51-134-29152-31-280-37407-197866103740760-203-48221-210.4324/9780203482216 (CKB)1000000000359859(EBL)256908(OCoLC)475972107(SSID)ssj0000150021(PQKBManifestationID)11151138(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150021(PQKBWorkID)10239680(PQKB)11551308(MiAaPQ)EBC256908(Au-PeEL)EBL256908(CaPaEBR)ebr10163474(CaONFJC)MIL37407(OCoLC)437164530(OCoLC)65173918(EXLCZ)99100000000035985920180331d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ethics of war in Asian civilizations a comparative perspective /edited by Torkel BrekkeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2006.1 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-54437-8 0-415-34292-9 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; IndexThis 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 traditiJust war doctrineWarMoral and ethical aspectsAsiaWarReligious aspectsJust war doctrine.WarMoral and ethical aspectsWarReligious aspects.205.6242095Brekke Torkel853973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784687803321The ethics of war in Asian civilizations3791892UNINA