| Titre : | Beyond just war : A virtue ethics approach |
| Auteurs : | David Chan ; Claudia Card |
| Type de document : | Books |
| Editeur : | London [United Kingdom] : Palgrave MacMillan, 2012 |
| Article en page(s) : | XII, 223 p. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-137-26340-7 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 172/.42 |
| Catégories : |
3.15 Philosophie et éthique > Éthique > Ethique appliquée > Guerre -- Aspect moral > Guerre juste |
| Tags : | War--Moral and ethical aspects ; Just war doctrine |
| Résumé : |
Are today's wars different from earlier wars? Or do we need a different ethics for old and new wars alike? Unlike most books on the morality of war, this book rejects the 'just war' tradition, proposing a virtue ethics of war to take its place. Like torture, war cannot be justified. David Chan asks and answers the question: 'If war is a very great evil, would a leader with courage, justice, compassion, and all the other moral virtues ever choose to fight a war?' A 'philosophy of co-existence' is proposed which is much more restrictive than just war theory but not pacifist. War can be correctly chosen by a virtuous leader only in rare 'supreme emergencies' when faced with enemies as evil as Hitler. This virtue ethics approach to war is used to find new answers to difficult issues such as humanitarian intervention, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Review 'David Chan offers a Copernican Revolution in thinking about the ethics of war. He utilizes virtue ethics instead of the traditional deontological and consequentialist approaches to just war theory. Arguing that the just war tradition has been overly permissive, Chan asks us to consider how virtuous leaders would approach war—as a tragic choice, which forces the virtuous person to choose the evil of war. With subtlety and historical insight, Chan situates his own 'philosophy of co-existence' somewhere between pacifism and traditional just war theory.' - Andrew Fiala, Department of Philosophy, California State University, USA About the Author DAVID K. CHAN is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, USA. |
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