Intervention, Terrorism, and Torture
Steven P. . Ed(S): Lee
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Hardback. Asks whether just war theory and its rules for determining when war is justified remains adequate to the challenges posed by contemporary developments. By carefully examining the phenomena of intervention, terrorism, and torture from a number of different perspectives, this book explores this complex set of issues with insight and clarity. Editor(s): Lee, Steven P. Series: Amintaphil: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Just war theory is the traditional approach taken to questions of the morality of war, but war today is far from traditional. War has been deeply affected in recent years by a variety of social and technological developments in areas such as international terrorism, campaigns of genocide and ethnic cleansing, the global human rights movement, economic globalization, and military technology. This book asks whether just war theory is adequate to the challenges these developments pose. Just war theory provides rules for determining when it is justified to fight a war. But some have argued that the nature of contemporary war ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Amintaphil: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402046773
SKU
V9781402046773
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99-15
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