Not a single thing we commonly believe about wars that helps keep them around is true. Wars cannot be good or glorious. Nor can they be justified as a means of achieving peace or anything else of value. The reasons given for wars, before, during, and after, are all false. Becaus…
Not a single thing we commonly believe about wars that helps keep them around is true. Wars cannot be good or glorious. Nor can they be justified as a means of achieving peace or anything else of value. The reasons given for wars, before, during, and after, are all false. Becaus…
Wehrwissenschaften - Eine Ideengeschichte des Krieges im 20. Jahrhundert. Mit der Erfahrung des Ersten Weltkrieges wurde das Verhältnis von Krieg, Militär und ziviler Gesellschaft neu verhandelt. Das Deutungsmuster des ¿totalen Krieges± und die spezifischen Zeitumstände lieferte…
La jaquette indique : "Peace is a universal ideal, but its political life is a great paradox : "peace" is the opposite of war, but it also enables war. If peace is the elimination of war, then what does it mean to wage war for the sake of peace ? What does peace mean when some s…
Peace is a universal ideal, but its political life is a great paradox: "peace" is the opposite of war, but it also enables war. If peace is the elimination of war, then what does it mean to wage war for the sake of peace? What does peace mean when some say that they are committe…
Peace is the elimination of war, but peace also authorizes war. We are informed today that this universal ideal can only be secured by the wars that it eliminates. The paradoxical position of peace, opposed to war, authorizing war,is encapsulated by the claim that 'war is for th…
This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. It explains why it is of crucial importance that western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices, even when engaging with terrorist groups.
This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. It explains why it is of crucial importance that western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices, even when engaging with terrorist groups.
