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The ethics of nonviolence :

9781623566425 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781623568054 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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The ethics of nonviolence :

essays /

by Robert L. Holmes ; edited by Predrag Cicovacki.

New York

Predrag Cicovacki and Robert L. Holmes

,2013.

263 pages ;

23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

John Dewey's moral philosophy in contemporary perspective -- Consequentialism and its consequences -- The limited relevance of analytical ethics to the problems of bioethics -- The concept of corporate responsibility -- University neutrality and ROTC -- The philosophy of political realism in international affairs -- The challenge of nonviolence in the new world order -- St. Augustine and the just war theory -- War, power, and nonviolence -- Violence and nonviolence -- The morality of nonviolence -- Terrorism, violence, and nonviolence -- Understanding evil from the perspective of nonviolence -- Jallianwala Bagh and the Boston tea party: -- Nonviolent roots of the Indian and American anti-imperialism -- Toward a nonviolent American revolution -- My (non-)teaching philosophy.

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The Ethics of Nonviolence brings together his best essays on the topic, both classic works and more obscure pieces, as well as several important essays that have never been published. Holmes started his career by following Dewey and James, and then turned toward metaethics. The Vietnam War finally led him toward moral problems related to war and violence. For the last forty year.

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Nonviolence-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Holmes, Robert L.

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