Public war, private conscience
Subtitle: the ethics of political violence
By: Andrew Fiala.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781441182586; 9781441182814
Subjects: War -- Moral and ethical aspects; Political violence -- Moral and ethical aspects; Terrorism; Conscientious objection; Just war doctrine; Pacifism; War (Philosophy); Utilitarianism; Duty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The sublime grind of Ares; title: The war of public and private; title: Plato's prophecy and Kant's dream; title: Democratic control and professional ethics; title: The military establishment; title: The democratic peace myth : from Kant and Mill to Hiroshima and Baghdad; title: The vanity of temporal things : Hegel and the ethics of war; title: American ambivalence : militarism, pacifism, and pragmatism; title: Sliding scales and the mischief of war; title: Waterboarding, torture, and violence; title: Conscientious refusal and the liberal tradition; title: Public myths and private protest.