Beyond Just War A Virtue Ethics Approach
Unlike most books on the ethics of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. It answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with coura
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Beyond Just War
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Beyond Just War A Virtue Ethics Approach University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA With a Foreword by Claudia Card
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David K. Chan
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