Soldiers fighting for a just cause and soldiers fighting for an unjust one are not morally equal. A substantial proportion of civilians in a democracy are responsible, to a significant degree, for their country's unjust war. Moreover, under certain (admittedly rare) circumstances, some of them...
Democratic defeatists maintain that democracy is a decided disadvantage for states in the preparation for and conduct of war. This long-standing argument鈥 stretching from Thucydides in 406 B.C. to twentieth-century classical realists鈥 ... MC Desch 被引量: 43发表: 2008年 History of Mathematics...
2001), and O’callaghan,Walzer, Just War and Iraq: Ethics as Response(New York: Routledge, 2015). Certainly the most exhaustive discussion is the following collection: Benbaji and Sussmann (eds),Reading Walzer(New York: Routledge, 2014). For examples of essays dedicated...
In the closing chapter of his fascinating new book, In God’s Shadow, Walzer suggests that the biblical kingdom was an “almost-democracy”, and gives three reasons. 1. Covenant: The covenant is voluntarily entered into by “everyone”. “Poor people, women, and even strangers, are at ...
alternative, has more chance of being appropriated by radical movements.In the dissertation, consideration is also given to Walzer's just war theory, to the impact of his Judaism on his thought, and to the relationship between these things and his continued adherence to a version of demo...
has more chance of being appropriated by radical movements.;In the dissertation, consideration is also given to Walzer's just war theory, to the impact of his Judaism on his thought, and to the relationship between these things and his continued adherence to a version of democratic socialism....