Pacifism : a philosophy of nonviolence /

Pacifism : a philosophy of nonviolence /

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Author / Creator:	Holmes, Robert L., author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc, 2017.
Description:	xviii, 346 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Pacifism. Nonviolence -- Moral and ethical aspects. War -- Moral and ethical aspects. Just war doctrine. Just war doctrine. Nonviolence -- Moral and ethical aspects. Pacifism. War -- Moral and ethical aspects. Ethik Pazifismus
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11037784

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ISBN:	9781474279826 (hardback) 1474279821 (hardback) 9781474279833 (pbk.) 147427983X (pbk.) 9781474279819 9781474279840
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index.
Summary:	In a world riven with conflict, violence and war, this book proposes a philosophical defense of pacifism. It argues that there is a moral presumption against war and unless that presumption is defeated, war is unjustified. Leading philosopher of nonviolence Robert Holmes contends that neither just war theory nor the rationales for recent wars (Vietnam, the Gulf War, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars) defeat that presumption, hence that war in the modern world is morally unjustified. A detailed, comprehensive and elegantly argued text which guides both students and scholars through the main debates (Just War Theory and double effect to name a few) clearly but without oversimplifying the complexities of the issues or historical examples.
Other form:	Online version: Holmes, Robert L., author. Pacifism New York : Bloomsbury, 2016 9781474279819

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Call Number:	BJ1459.5 .H655 2017
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