02757nam 2200649Ia 450 991095739190332120251116191614.01-134-29151-51-134-29152-31-280-37407-197866103740760-203-48221-210.4324/9780203482216 (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)99100000000035985920050706d2006 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ethics of war in Asian civilizations a comparative perspective /edited by Torkel BrekkeLondon Routledge20061 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 Torkel853973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957391903321The ethics of war in Asian civilizations4494719UNINA