Arguing About War (Nota Bene) - Softcover

Walzer, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300109784 ISBN 13: 9780300109788

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

A provocative discussion of recent wars and the issues that surround them, written by a preeminent political theorist

Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics. Now, for the first time since his classic Just and Unjust Wars was published almost three decades ago, this volume brings together his most provocative arguments about contemporary military conflicts and the ethical issues they raise.

The essays in the book are divided into three sections. The first deals with issues such as humanitarian intervention, emergency ethics, and terrorism. The second consists of Walzer’s responses to particular wars, including the first Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. And the third presents an essay in which Walzer imagines a future in which war might play a less significant part in our lives. In his introduction, Walzer reveals how his thinking has changed over time.

Written during a period of intense debate over the proper use of armed force, this book gets to the heart of difficult problems and argues persuasively for a moral perspective on war.

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Michael Walzer is UPS Foundation Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of more than a dozen books, including On Toleration, The Jewish Political Tradition, Volumes I and II, and 50 Years of Dissent, all published by Yale University Press.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0300109784
• ISBN 13: 9780300109788
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
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