Public war, private conscience the ethics of political violence / Andrew Fiala.

Contents The sublime grind of Ares -- The war of public and private -- Plato's prophecy and Kant's dream -- Democratic control and professional ethics -- The military establishment -- The democratic peace myth : from Kant and Mill to Hiroshima and Baghdad -- The vanity of temporal things : Hegel and the ethics of war -- American ambivalence : militarism, pacifism, and pragmatism -- Sliding scales and the mischief of war -- Waterboarding, torture, and violence -- Conscientious refusal and the liberal tradition -- Public myths and private protest.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009041193
ISBN9781441182586 (hbk.)
ISBN1441182586 (hbk.)
ISBN9781441182814 (pbk.)
ISBN1441182810 (pbk.)

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