Political realism of Reinhold Niebuhr: a pragmatic approach to just war

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997Description: 180pISBN:
  • 0333681843 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: Reinhold Niebuhr rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s for his opposition to Nazism and to isolationism.He rejected pacifism and the legalism of the Just War tradition.This work examines the merits and pitfalls of Niebuhr's ethical approach to war and contrasts it to traditional 'bellum justum'.
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Reinhold Niebuhr rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s for his opposition to Nazism and to isolationism.He rejected pacifism and the legalism of the Just War tradition.This work examines the merits and pitfalls of Niebuhr's ethical approach to war and contrasts it to traditional 'bellum justum'.

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