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The Quest for Peace: Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History

By James Turner Johnson

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1987
ISBN
0691077428, 9780691077420, 9780691609560, 9780691653914
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (8956701 bytes)
Series
Princeton Legacy Library, 4969
Pages
328\322
Library
Memory of the World Library
Time added
2022-03-08 03:35:20

Description

James Turner Johnson, author of distinguished works on the just war tradition, here goes beyond the examination of moral restraints on the occasion and conduct of war to a critical study of the moral thinking that has aimed at its prevention. The scrutiny of the "peace issue" in Western society covers nearly two thousand years of history and three traditions of the search for peace: the just war, the sectarian pacifism, and the utopial pacifism. This book reveals the historical depth of all three. Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction I. Christian Attitudes Toward War and Military Service in the First Four Centuries II. Peace, War, and the Rejection of Violence in the Middle Ages III. The Political Use of Force in the Renaissance-Reformation Era IV. "Perpetual Peace" and Limited War V. The Quest for Peace in the Age of Modern War Conclusion. Moral Ideals and the Quest for Peace Select Bibliography Index

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