Just and Unjust Wars

A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations

Michael Walzer First published 2001

About this book

"First published in 1977 and now brought up to the present with a new preface and postscript, this classic work by 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 Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it." -- back cover.

Subjects

  • 172/.42
  • 20e s.
  • armed conflicts
  • aspect moral
  • aspect social
  • aspetti morali
  • delitti di guerra
  • ethik
  • fremder feind
  • gerechter krieg
  • guerra
  • guerre
  • guerre juste
  • histoire
  • just war doctrine
  • krieg
  • moral and ethical aspects
  • * morale
  • morals
  • philosophie
  • relations internationales
  • u21.2 .w345 2015
  • war
  • warfare
  • war, moral and ethical aspects
  • war--moral and ethical aspects