04024nam 2200673 a 450 991097513080332120251116204220.01-280-65615-897866106561580-87586-292-6(CKB)1000000000447711(SSID)ssj0000475652(PQKBManifestationID)12160090(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475652(PQKBWorkID)10464263(PQKB)11147609(SSID)ssj0000225891(PQKBManifestationID)11234611(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225891(PQKBWorkID)10257383(PQKB)11278776(MiAaPQ)EBC318695(Au-PeEL)EBL318695(CaPaEBR)ebr10476663(CaONFJC)MIL65615(OCoLC)437191866(EXLCZ)99100000000044771120040317d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPractical pacifism /Andrew Fiala1st ed.New York Algora Pub.c200412, 245 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-87586-290-X 0-87586-291-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.PacifismJust war doctrineTerrorismPacifism.Just war doctrine.Terrorism.303.6/6Fiala Andrew1966-1658530MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975130803321Practical pacifism4540014UNINA