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Reflections On Peace And War
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ISBN10: 9354507646
ISBN13: 9789354507649
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789354507649
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Peace is never abstract. War tests the human soul. Reflections On Peace And War brings clear-eyed thought to the questions that still divide homes, parliaments, and consciences. John Jackson offers a philosophical essay collection of political thought essays that move from first principles to lived reality: what a society owes its citizens, what it dares to do to its enemies, and what it risks losing in the name of security. These pages sit naturally within peace studies nonfiction, attentive to the ethics of war and the hard work of conflict and reconciliation. Jackson writes with the moral pressure you find in classic western philosophy, yet with an outward gaze towards modern political theory: authority, duty, restraint, responsibility. Readers drawn to pacifism and nonviolence will recognise the same insistence on conscience that animates Tolstoy pacifist writings, while those sceptical of absolute positions will value the seriousness with which competing arguments are faced. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A public domain classic edition for shelves that prize ideas, it is equally suited to peace studies students, a military ethics course reading list, and any reader who wants moral reasoning that does not flinch.
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