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Title The ethics of war in Asian civilizations : a comparative perspective / edited by Torkel Brekke.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 211 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- THE ETHICS OF WAR IN ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS -- THE ETHICS OF WAR IN ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- Notes -- Bibliography -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I WEST ASIA -- 1 THE ETHICS OF WAR IN JUDAISM -- 2 ISLAMIC TRADITION AND THE JUSTICE OF WAR -- Part II SOUTH ASIA -- 3 BETWEEN PRUDENCE AND HEROISM -- 4 IN DEFENSE OF DHARMA -- Part III EAST ASIA -- 5 MIGHT MAKES RIGHT -- 6 THE JUST WAR IN EARLY CHINA -- AFTERWORD -- INDEX.
Summary "This book explores how issues of ethics in war and warfare have been treated by major ethical traditions of Asia. It looks at six different Asian religious, philosophical and political traditions: Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, China and Japan; and it is organized in three parts according to geography: West Asia, South Asia and East Asia." "While chapters are written by specialists in Asian cultures, some of the conceptual apparatus is drawn from the scholarly discourse on just war developed in the study of the ethical tradition of Christianity. These concepts provide the necessary focus and makes comparison across cultural boundaries possible. As a study of the comparative ethics of war, this book opens a discussion about whether there are universal standards in the ideologies of warfare between the major religious traditions of the world. The concept of just war is at the core of the argument. This new approach opens a new field of research on war and ideology."--Jacket.
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Subject Just war doctrine.
Just war doctrine.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Asia.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Asia.
War -- Religious aspects.
War -- Religious aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Brekke, Torkel.
Other Form: Print version: Ethics of war in Asian civilizations. London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 0415342929 (DLC) 2005001219 (OCoLC)57514795
ISBN 0203482212 (electronic book)
9780203482216 (electronic book)
0415342929 (Cloth)
9780415342926
9780415544375
0415544378