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Walzer draws on medieval Just War theory to explore the reasons that can justify war jus ad bellum and the ethical limits on the conduct of war jus in bello in an attempt to work out a modern, secular theory of just war. Walzer precises that in war not all action is equal, a just war exists and must be implemented through a strict display of rules.
- Michael Walzer
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Feb 6, 2019 · Almost immediately upon its 1977 publication, Michael Walzer’s Just and Unjust Wars became the most influential modern work on the laws of war. Though written by an avowed anti-war activist who opposed Vietnam, the work won popularity and praise because it rejected both amoral realism and pacifism and sought to resuscitate the tradition of ...
Aug 11, 2015 · Paperback – August 11, 2015. by Michael Walzer (Author) 4.5 316 ratings. See all formats and editions. “A classic in the field” (New York Times), this is a penetrating investigation into moral and ethical questions raised by war, drawing on examples from antiquity to the present.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Michael Walzer. 3.87. 2,703 ratings130 reviews. From the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai Massacre, from the wars in the Balkans through the first war in Iraq, Michael Walzer examines the moral issues surrounding military theory, war crimes, and the spoils of war.
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Aug 11, 2015 · Just and Unjust Wars. : Michael Walzer. Basic Books, Aug 11, 2015 - Political Science - 416 pages. “A classic in the field” (New York Times), this is a penetrating investigation into moral...
Jan 1, 2000 · This classic work examines the issues surrounding military theory, war crimes, and the spoils of war from the Athenian attack on Melos to the My Lai massacre. A revised and updated classic treatment of the morality of war written by one of our country's leading philosophers.
- Michael Walzer
Aug 11, 2015 · In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision ...
