The Ashgate research companion to military ethics / ed. by James Turner Johnson and Eric D. Patterson

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Document type:

Book

Title:

The Ashgate research companion to military ethics

Author zone:

ed. by James Turner Johnson and Eric D. Patterson

Editor:

Farnham ; Burlington : Ashgate, 2015

Physical description:

XVII, 443 p. : diagr., graph., tabl. ; 25 cm

Series:

Justice, international law and global security

ISBN:

978-1-4724-1628-5

Languages:

English

General Note:

Bibliographies. Index

Abstract:

Subjects are organized by three major perspectives on the use of military force: the decision whether to use military force in a given context, the matter of right conduct in the use of such force, and ethical responsibilities beyond the end of an armed conflict. Treatment of issues in each of these sections takes account of both present-day moral challenges and new approaches to these and the historical tradition of just war. Military ethics, as it has developed, has been a particularly Western concern and this volume reflects that reality. However, in a globalized world, awareness of similarities and differences between Western approaches and those of other major cultures is essential. For this reason the volume concludes with chapters on ethics and war in the Islamic, Chinese, and Indian traditions, with the aim of integrating reflection on these approaches into the broad consideration of military ethics provided by this volume.

Authors:

Patterson, Eric D. (editor)

Johnson, James Turner (editor)

Keyword in English:

JUS AD BELLUM

IHL (INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW)

ETHICS