Just and Unjust Wars - Couverture souple

Walzer, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0465052711 ISBN 13 : 9780465052714

Editeur : Basic Books, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"A magnificent book, an honor to its writer...a book that makes for a return of civilized discussion of the question of the morality of war."― New York Review of Books

"A passionate defense of the old principle of non-combatant immunity.... [Walzer] is both thorough and persuasive in his exploration of a very intricate subject."― Washington Post

"A classic in the field."― New York Times

"One of the most significant modern restatements of just-war thinking."― Nation

"A clear, humane, and startingly original survey of the moral issues that complicate modern war-making."―Atlantic

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A penetrating investigation into moral and ethical questions raised by war, drawing on examples from antiquity to the present

Just and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the current war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0465052711
• ISBN 13: 9780465052714
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 416