Ethics, nationalism, and just war : medieval and contemporary perspectives /

Ethics, nationalism, and just war : medieval and contemporary perspectives / Henrik Syse and Gregory M. Reichberg, editors. - Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, c2007. - x, 405 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking morally about war in the Middle Ages and today / James Turner Johnson -- Taming warriors in Classical and early Medieval political theory / John Von Heyking -- Augustine and just war : between virtue and duties / Henrik Syse -- Just war, schism, and peace in St. Augustine / Phillip W. Gray -- Is there a "presumption against war" in Aquinas's ethics? / Gregory M. Reichberg -- Poets and politics : just war in Geoffrey Chaucer and Christine de Pizan / Kate L. Forhan -- Reflections on Medieval just war theories : a commentary on part one / Gerson Moreno-RiaƱo -- Maintaining the protection of noncombatants / James Turner Johnson -- Protecting the natural environment in wartime : ethical considerations from the just war tradition / Gregory M. Reichberg and Henrik Syse -- U.N.-authorized interventions : a slippery slope of forcible interference? / Anne Julie Semb -- Ethical uncertainties of nationalism / Dan Smith -- The sort of nationalism and patriotism that Europe needs / Andreas Follesdal -- Defining and delivering justice : the work of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals / James Meernik -- The legitimacy of anticipatory defense and forcible regime change / Dieter Janssen -- Genocide : a case for the responsibility of the bystander / Arne Johan Vetlesen -- The ethical core of the nation-state : a postscript to part two / J. Peter Burgess.

0813215021 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813215020 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Just war doctrine--History.
Military ethics.
Nationalism--Moral and ethical aspects.
War--Moral and ethical aspects.

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