The ethics of war in Asian civilizations : a comparative perspective / / edited by Torkel Brekke

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 205.6242095
• Soggetto topico: Just war doctrine; War - Moral and ethical aspects - Asia; War - Religious aspects
• Altri autori: BrekkeTorkel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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 traditi
• Titolo autorizzato: The ethics of war in Asian civilizations
• ISBN: 1-134-29151-5; 1-134-29152-3; 1-280-37407-1; 9786610374076; 0-203-48221-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808898703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II