The Just War Revisited

Informationen zum Autor Oliver O'Donovan is Regius Professor of Moral & Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church, University of Oxford. He is the author of The Problem of Self-Love in Saint Augustine (1980), Begotten or Made (1984), Peace and Certainty: A Theological Essay on Deterrence (1989) Resurrection et l'Expérience Morale (1992), On the Thirty-Nine Articles: A Conversation with Tudor Christianity (1993), Common Objects of Love (2002). Klappentext Leading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan takes a fresh look at traditional moral arguments about war. Zusammenfassung Leading political theologian Oliver O'Donovan takes a fresh look at some traditional moral arguments about war. Christians differ widely on this issue. The book re-examines questions of contemporary urgency! including the use of biological and nuclear weapons! military intervention! economic sanctions! war-crimes trials! and the role of the UN. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedicatory introduction; 1. Just War revisited; 2. Counter-insurgency war; 3. Immoral weapons; 4. War by other means; 5. Can war-crimes trials be morally satisfying? 6. Afterword: without authority.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Oliver donovan, O&apos, Oliver O'Donovan, Oliver (University of Oxford) O'Donovan
• Mitarbeit: David Ford (Herausgeber), Iain Torrance (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.10.2003
• EAN: 9780521538992
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53899-2
• Abmessung: 137 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Current Issues in Theology
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung