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New Terror, New Wars / Paul Gilbert.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary Ethical Debates : CEDPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748616145
  • 9781474468466
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.625 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- 1 Old and New Wars -- 2 The Right of Self-Defence -- 3 Myths of Identity -- 4 Hatred and Revenge -- 5 The Conduct of War -- 6 Righting the Wrongs of War -- 7 Restoring Peace -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748616145);This is a timely philosophical treatment of the current wave of international terrorism and armed conflicts around the world and the dangers they represent.The book discusses:The ethical significance of September 11th and its aftermathThe causes of new wars in the politics of identityWhen armed force in pursuit of political goals is justifiedWhether Just War Theory is adequate for assessing and regulating contemporary conflictsHow terrorism should be combattedHow external intervention and war crimes trials help or hinder the cause of peaceWhat an international order that both respects cultural differences and achieves peace should be like.Interdisciplinary and wide ranging in scope the book draws on examples from the Middle East, the former Soviet bloc and elsewhere. It will be required reading for all those concerned with the ethical issues raised by contemporary armed conflicts."
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474468466

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- 1 Old and New Wars -- 2 The Right of Self-Defence -- 3 Myths of Identity -- 4 Hatred and Revenge -- 5 The Conduct of War -- 6 Righting the Wrongs of War -- 7 Restoring Peace -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748616145);This is a timely philosophical treatment of the current wave of international terrorism and armed conflicts around the world and the dangers they represent.The book discusses:The ethical significance of September 11th and its aftermathThe causes of new wars in the politics of identityWhen armed force in pursuit of political goals is justifiedWhether Just War Theory is adequate for assessing and regulating contemporary conflictsHow terrorism should be combattedHow external intervention and war crimes trials help or hinder the cause of peaceWhat an international order that both respects cultural differences and achieves peace should be like.Interdisciplinary and wide ranging in scope the book draws on examples from the Middle East, the former Soviet bloc and elsewhere. It will be required reading for all those concerned with the ethical issues raised by contemporary armed conflicts."

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)