From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics
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From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics

  1. 359 pages
  2. English
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From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics

About this book

This book rewrites the history of Christian peace ethics. Christian reflection on reducing violence or overcoming war has roots in ancient Roman philosophy and eventually grew to influence modern international law. This historical overview begins with Cicero, the source of Christian authors like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. It is highly debatable whether Augustine had a systematic interest in just war or whether his writings were used to develop a systematic just war teaching only by the later tradition. May Christians justifiably use force to overcome disorder and achieve peace? The book traces the classical debate from Thomas Aquinas to early modern-age thinkers like Vitoria, Suarez, Martin Luther, Hugo Grotius and Immanuel Kant. It highlights the diversity of the approaches of theologians, philosophers and lawyers. Modern cosmopolitianism and international law-thinking, it shows, are rooted in the Spanish Scholastics, where Grotius and Kant each found the inspiration to inaugurate a modern peace ethic. In the 20th century the tradition has taken aim not only at reducing violence and overcoming war but at developing a constructive ethic of peace building, as is reflected in Pope John Paul II's teaching.

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Yes, you can access From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics by Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven, William A. Barbieri, Jr., Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven,William A. Barbieri, Jr. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Ethics & Moral Philosophy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9783110291773
eBook ISBN
9783110291926
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. From Just War to Modern Peace Ethics : An Introduction
  2. Cicero: Just War in Classical Antiquity
  3. Augustineā€™s Theology of Peace and the Beginning of Christian Just War Theory
  4. Augustine: Peace Ethics and Peace Policy
  5. Thomas Aquinas and Humanitarian Intervention
  6. Forerunners of Humanitarian Intervention? From Canon Law to Francisco de Vitoria
  7. Francisco de Vitoria: Just War as Defense of International Law
  8. Martin Luther on Peace and War: A Systematic Approach
  9. Morality and Just War According to Francisco SuƔrez
  10. SuƔrez, Aquinas, and the Just War: Self Defense or Punishment?
  11. Hugo Grotius: Just War Thinking Between Theology and International Law
  12. Kantā€™s Cosmopolitanism: Resource for Shaping a ā€œJust Peaceā€
  13. Kant and the Just War Tradition
  14. The Holy See as International Person and Sovereign and Participant in International Law
  15. From an Ethics of War to an Ethics of Peacebuilding
  16. The Peace Ethics of Pope John Paul II
  17. List of Authors
  18. Index of Names