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almahu_9947413737002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 302 pages) :
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ISBN:
9781139095884 (ebook)
Content:
Inquiring 'whether any war can be just', Thomas Aquinas famously responded that this may hold true, provided the war is conducted by a legitimate authority, for a just cause, and with an upright intention. Virtually all accounts of just war, from the Middle Ages to the current day, make reference to this threefold formula. But due in large measure to its very succinctness, Aquinas's theory has prompted contrasting interpretations. This book sets the record straight by surveying the wide range of texts in his literary corpus that have bearing on peace and the ethics of war. Thereby emerges a coherent and nuanced picture of just war as set within his systematic moral theory. It is shown how Aquinas deftly combined elements from earlier authors, and how his teaching has fruitfully propelled inquiry on this important topic by his fellow scholastics, later legal theorists such as Grotius, and contemporary philosophers of just war.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2016).
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Just war in Aquinas's typology of the virtues -- Just war among the quaestiones on charity -- War's permissibility -- Interpreting the gospel precepts of patience -- Military prudence -- Battlefield courage -- Selected topics -- Legitimate authority -- War and punishment -- Self-defense -- Preventive war -- The moral equality of combatants -- St. Thomas and the doctrine of Bellum Iustum today.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107019904
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139095884
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