Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations by Michael Walzer
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(Paperback - Third Edition)
- Pub. Date: January 1977
- 361pp
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- Series: Basic Books Classics Series
- ISBN-13: 9780465037056
- ISBN: 0465037054
- Edition Number: 3
- Edition Description: Third Edition
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This classic work of political ethics has radically reconfigured the way that we think about war
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Updated in light of recent events, this classic work--with more than 60,000 copies sold in previous editions--presents "a clear, humane, and startlingly original survey of the moral issues that complicate modern warmaking."--The Atlantic.New York Times Book Review.
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A magnificent book, an honor to its writer.
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Michael Walzer is Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, and the author of many widely heralded books, including Spheres of Justice, Exodus and Revolution, and The Company of Critics, all available from Basic Books. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrationsby Anonymous
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May 28, 2003: Michael Walzer's book is an in-depth look at the morality of war. It is not an easy read especially for the laymen. It helps if the reader has a good grounding in philosophy and understands the idea of 'moral relativism'. His book makes an in depth study of many facets of what takes place in warfare. The chapter that I found most interesting because it is in the news so much was on pre-emptive warfare. Walzer does believe that countries have the right to go to war pre-emotively but he does set the bar quite high. He believes a country must really be under eminent attack before it acts pre-emotively. He did believe that Israel acted justly in its pre-emptive attack against the Arabs in the 1967 war. He also defines terrorism as a criminal act and not a justifiable act of war. He makes a clear distinction between terrorism and guerilla warfare, deeming guerilla warfare a moral method of warfare. I recommend this book for military, political professionals and for philosophers.
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