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The ethics of war : shared problems in different traditions / edited by Richard Sorabji and David Rodin.

Sorabji, Richard. (Added Author). Rodin, David. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 0754654486 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780754654483 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0754654494 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780754654490 (pbk.)
Physical Description: ix, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Ashgate, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Richard Sorabji and David Rodin -- pt. I: Traditions. Just war from ancient origins to the conquistadors debate and its modern relevance / Richard Sorabji -- The just war of eastern Christians and the holy war of the Crusaders / Angeliki Laiou -- Conceptions of justice in war : from Grotius to modern times / Karma Nabulsi -- Arguments concerning resistance in contemporary Islam / John Kelsay -- War and reason in Maimonides and Averroes / Noah Feldman -- The ethics of war : Judaism / Norman Solomon -- Just war in the Mah©Æabh©Æarata / Nick Allen -- pt. II: Contemporary problems -- The ethics of asymmetric war / David Rodin -- Preventive war and the killing of the innocent / Jeff McMahan -- War, humanitarian intervention, and human rights / Richard Norman -- Culture, the enemy, and the moral restraint of war / Anthony Coates -- Application of just war criteria in the period 1959-89 / Richard Harries -- Britain's wars since 1945 / Michael Quinlan.