Thomas Aquinas on War and Peace

ISBN-13: 9781108730167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 324 str.

Gregory M. Reichberg

Opis

The first book-length study of Aquinas's teaching on just war, its antecedents, and its reception by subsequent thinkers.

Recenzje

'This is a fine book - the scholarhip is impressive, the writing and argumentation clear. It goes into enough depth, and breaks enough new ground, to make it profitable to specialists; at the same time, it would, with the aid of a guide, be accessible to intelligent undergraduates. Its combination of historical survey with exploration of contemporary issues would make it an excellent text for an upper-level course in military ethics.' Christopher Toner, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly

Spis treści

Part I. Just War in Aquinas's Typology of the Virtues: 1. Just war among the Quaestiones on charity; 2. War's permissibility; 3. Interpreting the gospel 'Precepts of Patience'; 4. Military prudence; 5. Battlefield courage; Part II. Selected Topics: 6. Legitimate authority; 7. War and punishment; 8. Self-defense; 9. Preventive war; 10. The moral equality of combatants; Epilogue: 11. St Thomas and the doctrine of bellum iustum today.