The prism of just war : Asian and Western perspectives on the legitimate use of military force / edited by Howard M. Hensel.
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TextSeries: Justice, international law and global securityPublisher: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010Description: vi, 283 pages ; 25 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780754675105 (hbk)
- 0754675106 (hbk)
- 9780754699880
- 0754699889
- B105.W3 P75 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Greco-Roman roots of the Western just war tradition / Gregory A. Raymond -- 2. Christian belief and Western just war thought / Howard M. Hensel -- 3. Early modern perspectives on Western just war thought / Tyler Rauert -- 4. Sunni Islam and the regulation of war / John Kelsay -- 5. Shi'i perspectives on war / Valerie Morkevicius -- 6. Hindu perspectives on war / Valerie Morkevicius -- 7. The Chinese concept of righteous war / David A. Graff -- 8. Japanese perceptions of just war / Edward A. Olsen -- 9. Korean perspectives of just war / Edward A. Olsen.
Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, the contributors to the volume analyze, compare and assess diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concerning the appropriate criteria that should govern the decision to resort to the use of armed force and, once that decision is made, what constraints should govern the actual conduct of military operations. In doing so, the volume promotes a better understanding of the various ways in which diverse peoples and societies within the global community approach the question of what constitutes the legitimate use of military force as an instrument of policy in the resolution of conflicts.
