Preventing Unjust War: A Catholic Argument for Selective Conscientious Objection - Couverture rigide

Bergman, Roger

 
9781532686665: Preventing Unjust War: A Catholic Argument for Selective Conscientious Objection
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ISBN 10 : 1532686668 ISBN 13 : 9781532686665
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

Catholic pacifists blame the just war tradition of their Church. That tradition, they say, can be invoked to justify any war, and so it must be jettisoned. This book argues that the problem is not the just war tradition but the unjust war tradition. Ambitious rulers start wars that cannot be justified, and yet warriors continue to fight them. The problem is the belief that warriors do not hold any responsibility for judging the justice of the wars they are ordered to fight. However unjust, a command renders any war "just" for the obedient warrior. This book argues that selective conscientious objection, the right and duty to refuse to fight unjust wars, is the solution. Strengthening the just war tradition depends on a heightened role for the personal conscience of the warrior. That in turn depends on a heightened role for the Church in forming and supporting consciences and judging the justice of particular wars. As Saint Augustine wrote, "The wise man will wage just wars. . . . For, unless the wars were just, he would not have to wage them, and in such circumstances he would not be involved in war at all."

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À propos de l?auteur

Roger Bergman is Professor Emeritus of Cultural and Social Studies at Creighton University, where in 1995 he founded the Justice and Peace Studies Program, which he directed until his retirement in 2017. He is also the author of Preventing Unjust War: A Catholic Argument for Selective Conscientious Objection (Cascade, 2020) and of many articles and reviews in scholarly journals. Daniel R. DiLeo, author of the afterword, is his successor.

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1532686668
ISBN 13 
9781532686665
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
22763
Allemagne

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ISBN 10 :  153268665X ISBN 13 :  9781532686658
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2020
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