Global Violence - Ethical and Political Issues

Sommario

Foreword, Introduction, 1. Moral and Political Theory 2. International Relations and Just War Theory 3. Inter-State War 4. Civil War 5. Nuclear Weapons 6. Terrorism and Torture 7. Genocide Conclusion Index

Info autore

Eric A. Heinze is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA. He is the author of Waging Humanitarian War: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention (2009); co-editor of Ethics, Authority, and War: Non-State Actors and the Just War Tradition (2010); and editor of Justice, Sustainability, and Security: Global Ethics for the 21^st Century (2013).

Riassunto

This book engages different normative approaches from the fields of ethics, international relations and political philosophy and uses them to examine a set of case studies on the subjects of inter-state and civil war, nuclear weapons, terrorism, torture and genocide.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eric Heinze, Heinze Eric
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781844656318
• ISBN: 978-1-84465-631-8
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Global Ethics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; PHILOSOPHY / General, International Relations, International Criminal Law, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Public international law: criminal law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law