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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Fiala is professor of philosophy and director of the Ethics Center at Fresno State. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books and more than fifty scholarly articles. His most recent books are: Nonviolence: A Quick Immersion (2020) and The Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence (editor, 2018).Peter Admirand is lecturer in theology and director of the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue at Dublin City University. His most recent books are Humbling Faith: Brokenness, Doubt, Dialogue--What Unites Atheists, Theists, and Nontheists (2019) and a forthcoming book exploring ethics in the comics Y: The Last Man and Saga. Klappentext As the war in Iraq continues and Americans debate the consequences of the war in Afghanistan, the war on terror, and the possibility of war with North Korea and Iran, war is one of the biggest issues in public debate. Andrew Fiala in The Just War Myth challenges the apparently predominant American sentiment that war can be easily justified. Even most Democrats seem to hold that opinion, despite the horrific costs of war both on the people being attacked or caught up in the chaos and on the Americans involved in carrying out the war. The Just War Myth argues that while the just war theory is a good theory, actual wars do not live up to its standards. The book provides a genealogy of the just war idea and also turns a critical eye on current events, including the idea of preemptive war, the use of torture, and the unreality of the Bush Doctrine. Fiala warns that pacifism, too, can become mythological, advocating skepticism about attempts to justify war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part 1: The Just War Myth Chapter 2 Introduction: The Just War Myth and the Politics of War Chapter 3 The Myths and Memes of Political Life Chapter 4 Genealogy of The Just War Tradition Chapter 5 Duels and Modern Wars Chapter 6 The Myth of American Exceptionalism Part 7 Part 2: The Myths of the War on Terrorism Chapter 8 The Preemptive War Doctrine Chapter 9 Torture and Terrorism Chapter 10 Humanitarian Intervention and the Crusade for Democracy Chapter 11 Jus in Bello and the War in Iraq Part 12 Part 3: Skeptical Democratic Pacifism Chapter 13 The Myth of Pacifism Chapter 14 Citizenship, Responsibility, and Peace...
