Good Kill - Just War and Moral Injury

The Good Kill addresses the crisis of moral injury among warfighters from the perspective of the just war tradition. By providing a moral framework for enduring the heavy business of killing in combat, Marc LiVecche offers potential remedies to help warfighters manage the effects of killing without becoming irreparably morally injured.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Forward by Rev. Timothy S. Mallard, Ph.D.


• Introduction


• War and the Soul


• The Problem of Paradox


• Neither Sin nor Paradox


• Just War in the Midst of Combat (?)


• The Mournful Warrior


• Conclusion


• Works Cited


• Index

About the author

Marc LiVecche is the editor-at-large for Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy. He was the McDonald Visiting Scholar at the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life at Oxford University.

Summary

The Good Kill addresses the crisis of moral injury among warfighters from the perspective of the just war tradition. By providing a moral framework for enduring the heavy business of killing in combat, Marc LiVecche offers potential remedies to help warfighters manage the effects of killing without becoming irreparably morally injured.

Additional text

A well-written book.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Livecche, Marc (Mcdonald Visiting Scholar Livecche
• Assisted by: Timothy S. Mallard (Foreword)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780197515808
• ISBN: 978-0-19-751580-8
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Ethics & moral philosophy, Religious issues & debates, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious issues and debates