LEADER 04024nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910975130803321 005 20251116204220.0 010 $a1-280-65615-8 010 $a9786610656158 010 $a0-87586-292-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447711 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000475652 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12160090 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475652 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10464263 035 $a(PQKB)11147609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225891 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234611 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225891 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10257383 035 $a(PQKB)11278776 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC318695 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL318695 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476663 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL65615 035 $a(OCoLC)437191866 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447711 100 $a20040317d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPractical pacifism /$fAndrew Fiala 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2004 215 $a12, 245 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-87586-290-X 311 08$a0-87586-291-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 327 $aIndividual Rights, Group Identity, and Humanitarian Intervention -- Clean Hands and Dirty Hands -- "Men Without Chests"? -- Conclusion -- Index. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aPacifism 606 $aJust war doctrine 606 $aTerrorism 615 0$aPacifism. 615 0$aJust war doctrine. 615 0$aTerrorism. 676 $a303.6/6 700 $aFiala$b Andrew$f1966-$01658530 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910975130803321 996 $aPractical pacifism$94540014 997 $aUNINA