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This book explores the morality of creating peace in a violent world. It includes spiritual and ethical dimensions to show that peace is not only the responsibility of politicians, but that it is everyone's responsibility not to generate violence and hatred. Peace is shown to be human work; it is the responsibility of the whole community to maintain and create it. Therefore, peace is not only a political achievement, but also has an ethical and spiritual significance and requires the moral development of the individual in order to secure the recognition and respect of others.
This book will be essential reading for all philosophers of politics, morality and ethics, and is also ideal for those who are researching aspects of spiritual philosophy.
List of contents
Chapter 01: Introduction.- Chapter 02: Metaphysics of War.- Chapter 03: War and (Peace) War. Philosophical Reflection on Moral Questions.- Chapter 04: Time for Peace in Times of War: Cinema as Existential Hope in Frantz (2016).- Chapter 05: Is War Needed to Live in Peace?.- Chapter 06: Militarizing International Relations.- Chapter 07: Toward a Rational Foundation for the Idea of Peace. Arendt s Philosophical Considerations of Kantian Ethical Philosophy.- Chapter 08: Thinking Hope in Times of War. Peace as a Realistic Utopia.- Chapter 09: Spiritual Activism: Imagine Peace and Social Transformation from New Perspectives.
About the author
Catalina Elena Dobre is National Researcher and Professor of Philosophy at Tecnológico de Monterrey, México.
Gabriela Palavicini is Professor and Researcher at Tecnológico de Monterrey, México.
Rafael García Pavón is Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of Research at Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, México.
Summary
This book explores the morality of creating peace in a violent world. It includes spiritual and ethical dimensions to show that peace is not only the responsibility of politicians, but that it is everyone's responsibility not to generate violence and hatred. Peace is shown to be human work; it is the responsibility of the whole community to maintain and create it. Therefore, peace is not only a political achievement, but also has an ethical and spiritual significance and requires the moral development of the individual in order to secure the recognition and respect of others.
This book will be essential reading for all philosophers of politics, morality and ethics, and is also ideal for those who are researching aspects of spiritual philosophy.
