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1. www.hoover.org › research › michael-walzer-just-andMichael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars (1977) | Hoover ...

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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 just war.

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   The points at which Walzer’s work seems to stride towards an embedded cosmopolitan position, but then either stumbles or changes course, offer important insights into the requisite features, and potential pitfalls, of an ethical cosmopolitanism that would take seriously anti-impartialist claims.

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   What is the significance of Michael Walzer's work?

   • This chapter discusses communitarian political thought and the work of Michael Walzer. It explores the normative significance of distinguishing the idea of the morally constitutive community from the state. The chapter also attempts to draw attention to a much broader range of Walzer’s writings than is generally acknowledged within IR.

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   What is Walzer's theory?

   • That is, Walzer’s is a theory of the social construction of meaning and value. He argues, for example, that the principle of equality of opportunity could not exist until capitalism created the notion of the career open to talents (Walzer 1994: 22–24, 2007: 43–44).

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   What are Walzer's 10 spheres of activity?

   • Walzer outlines ten “spheres” of activity: communal membership, personal security, money and wealth, official office, employment, recreation, education, religious belief, recognition, and crucially political power.

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   What is Walzer's just-war theory?

   • Almost all just-war theory now follows Walzer in holding that the only just cause for war is defense against aggression and that, because war cannot break out without an aggressor, any war can be just on at most one side (though see Coates 2016: 162–183). However, Walzer’s definition of aggression has become increasingly controversial.

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4. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsSecular theology and noble sacrifice: the ethics of Michael ...

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   May 29, 2012 · Walzer's theory argues the language of just war theory provides an effective means for us to engage with the moral reality of war. Drawing upon the work of Jacques Derrida this article investigates the construction of Walzer's moral language and its ethical implications.

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   Jan 5, 2023 · Walzer’s other major work (Walzer 1983) is an argument for social democracy. Walzer calls his theory “complex equality” (3–30). Walzer calls his theory “complex equality” (3–30). He argues that theories of distributive justice should interpret a society’s social meanings so as to ensure that each good is distributed in ...

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   Dec 16, 2023 · Michael Walzer’s work continues to be the centerpiece and touchstone for discussions of the ethics of war, particularly within academies, military, and otherwise. He has been the seminal figure in what has become an academic discipline in its own right, and the reach and legacy of his thinking has been profound.

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   His gifts to contemporary political philosophy are almost without comparison. And this summary has set aside the question of how Walzer’s political theory intersects with neighboring areas of his thought such as just war theory, Jewish political philosophy, foreign policy, social criticism, and meta-ethics.

8. www.ias.edu › scholars › walzerMichael Walzer - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study

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   One of America’s foremost political thinkers, Michael Walzer has written about a wide variety of topics in political theory and moral philosophy, including political obligation, just and unjust war, nationalism and ethnicity, economic justice, and the welfare state. He has played a critical role in the revival of a practical, issue-focused ...