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Public war, private conscience [electronic resource] : the ethics of political violence / Andrew Fiala.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.Description: xv, 177 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781441182586 (hbk.)
  • 1441182586 (hbk.)
  • 9781441182814 (pbk.)
  • 1441182810 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172/.42 22
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Contents:
The sublime grind of Ares -- The war of public and private -- Plato's prophecy and Kant's dream -- Democratic control and professional ethics -- The military establishment -- The democratic peace myth : from Kant and Mill to Hiroshima and Baghdad -- The vanity of temporal things : Hegel and the ethics of war -- American ambivalence : militarism, pacifism, and pragmatism -- Sliding scales and the mischief of war -- Waterboarding, torture, and violence -- Conscientious refusal and the liberal tradition -- Public myths and private protest.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The sublime grind of Ares -- The war of public and private -- Plato's prophecy and Kant's dream -- Democratic control and professional ethics -- The military establishment -- The democratic peace myth : from Kant and Mill to Hiroshima and Baghdad -- The vanity of temporal things : Hegel and the ethics of war -- American ambivalence : militarism, pacifism, and pragmatism -- Sliding scales and the mischief of war -- Waterboarding, torture, and violence -- Conscientious refusal and the liberal tradition -- Public myths and private protest.

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