NARDIN Terry

The ethics of war and peace: religious and secular perspectives/ edited by Terry Nardin - Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1996 - x, 286 pages; 24 cm.

An introduction to the ethical aspects of war and peace, this book of essays explores the reasons for waging war and for fighting with restraint as formulated in a diversity of ethical traditions, religious and secular. This book seeks to expand the conversation by bringing in the voices of Judaism, Islam, Christian pacifism, and contemporary feminism. The concluding chapters compare and contrast the perspectives presented without seeking to adjudicate their differences.

0691037132 (hbk.)


WAR--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS--COMPARATIVE STUDIES--CONGRESSES