Название: Nonviolence, Peace, and Justice: A Philosophical IntroductionАвтор: Kit Christensen
Издательство: Broadview Press
Год: 2009
ISBN: 155111996X; 9781551119960
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 192
Размер: 5,3 mb
Язык: English
The text offers the reader a broad introduction to underlying assumptions, values, concepts, theories, and the historical contexts informing much of the current discussion worldwide regarding these morally crucial topics. It provides brief summaries and analyses of a wide range of relevant belief systems, philosophical positions, and policy problems. While not first and foremost a book of advocacy, it is clearly oriented throughout by the ethical preference for nonviolent strategies in the achievement of human ends and a belief in the viability of a socially just—and thus peaceful—human future. It also maintains a consistently sceptical stance toward the all-too-easily accepted apologies, past and present, for violence, war, and the continuation of injustice.