Ethics and the Gulf War

by Vaux, Kenneth L.

• ISBN13: 9780813314600
• ISBN10: 0813314607
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

A perceptive and wide-ranging elucidation of the great just war traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that evaluates the key events of the war in light of the religious rhetoric used by both sides. (Philosophy)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Notes	p. xiv
An Introduction to Just War Ethics	p. 1
Notes	p. 6
War Chronicle: the Ethics of the War over Kuwait	p. 7
Notes	p. 34
War Ethics in Israel: Biblical and Modern Perspectives	p. 35
Islam, Jihad, and Iraq's Holy War	p. 63
Summary	p. 84
Christian Traditions of Pacifism and Just War	p. 87
Notes	p. 117
Secular Just War Theory	p. 120
Summary: An Ethical Tableau of Just War Values	p. 142
Justice, Peace, and the Future of War	p. 146
Notes	p. 159
Afterword	p. 161
Notes	p. 165
References	p. 166
About the Book and Author	p. 176
Index	p. 177
Bible References Index	p. 188
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