American Search for Peace - Moral Reasoning, Religious Hope, and National Security

Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and "local" wars in the 1980s and since have raised new questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. Nevertheless, a number of basic philosophical and political issues remain constant at a level deeper than tactical considerations. These are what eight accomplished philosophers, political scientists, Christian ethicists, and policymakers came together to discuss. They ask the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation. They focus on such problems as ascertaining the role of the churches in the quest for peace, defining "national interest" and "national purpose," and construing intervention in other that strictly unilateral terms.

Summary

Revolutions and aborted revolutions and bitter civil and 'local' wars in the 1980s and since have raised questions about national security, its definition, and its implementation. This title asks the fundamental and perduring questions of pacifism, war, intervention, and political negotiation.

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• Authors: James F. Childress, Alberto R. Coll, Roberto Esquenazi-Mayo, George Langan Weigel, George S. Weigel, George/ Langan Weigel
• Assisted by: John P Langan (Editor), John P. Langan (Editor), John P. (Georgetown University) Langan (Editor), Langan John P. (Editor), George Weigel (Editor), George S Weigel (Editor), George S. Weigel (Editor), Weigel George S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1991
• EAN: 9780878405077
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-507-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: The American Search for Peace; The American Search for Peace
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Ethics & moral philosophy, United States of America, USA, Ethics and moral philosophy