Beyond Just War: A Virtue Ethics Approach

By David K. Chan

Book Overview

Unlike most books on the ethics 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. It 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?'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349999865
• ISBN13: 9781349999866
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"