Preventing Unjust War

Catholic pacifists blame the just war tradition of their Church. That tradition, they say, can be invoked...
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Author: Roger Bergman
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Language: English
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Preventing Unjust War by Bergman, Roger

Preventing Unjust War

CHF 37.13

Preventing Unjust War

CHF 37.13
Author: Roger Bergman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Catholic pacifists blame the just war tradition of their Church. That tradition, they say, can be invoked to justify any war, and so it must be jettisoned. This book argues that the problem is not the just war tradition but the unjust war tradition. Ambitious rulers start wars that cannot be justified, and yet warriors continue to fight them. The problem is the belief that warriors do not hold any responsibility for judging the justice of the wars they are ordered to fight. However unjust, a command renders any war ""just"" for the obedient warrior. This book argues that selective conscientious objection, the right and duty to refuse to fight unjust wars, is the solution. Strengthening the just war tradition depends on a heightened role for the personal conscience of the warrior. That in turn depends on a heightened role for the Church in forming and supporting consciences and judging the justice of particular wars. As Saint Augustine wrote, ""The wise man will wage just wars. . . . For, unless the wars were just, he would not have to wage them, and in such circumstances he would not be involved in war at all.""

Author: Roger Bergman
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 12/15/2020
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9781532686658

About the Author
Bergman, Roger: - Roger Bergman is Professor Emeritus of Cultural & Social Studies at Creighton University, where he founded (1995) and directed the Justice & Peace Studies Program until his retirement in 2017. For two decades he taught Christian Ethics of War & Peace and, for senior ROTC cadets, a Morality of War Seminar. He is the author of Catholic Social Learning: Educating the Faith That Does Justice (2011).

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