War in the Twentieth Century: Sources in Theological Ethics

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Richard Brian Miller
Westminster John Knox Press, 1992 - 469 pages
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This anthology by Christian ethicists and ecclesial groups is concerned with the justice of war in the twentieth century. Included are writings from Pope Pius XII, the Niebuhrs, the Calhoun Commission, John Ford, Elizabeth Anscombe, Paul Ramsey, Ralph Potter, the U.S. Catholic bishops, and the U.S. Methodist bishops. These authors, whose ideas reflect diverse trends in Roman Catholic and Protestant ethics, have sought to sharpen our moral literacy about the ethics of war and address ethical issues relevant to modern warfare--obliteration bombing, selective conscientious objection, and nuclear deterrence.

The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

 

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NONINTERVENTION OR NONVIOLENT COERCION?
3
of God H Richard Niebuhr
19
THE GOOD WAR?
25
Niebuhr
56
the Christian Faith The Calhoun Commission 1944
71
The Justice of the Present War Examined G E M
125
The Morality of Obliteration Bombing JohnC
138
INTRODUCTION DOUBT AND INDIVIDUAL DECISION
181
Murray SJ
247
Paul Ramsey
290
JustWar Doctrine in a Nuclear Context William V
311
THE REALIST TEMPTATION
347
Gods Promise and
373
The Nuclear Crisis
417
APPLIED ETHICS AND THE USE OF FORCE
441
JustWar Tradition and the War in the Gulf James
449

The Moral Logic of War Ralph B Potter Jr
198
A Historical Perspective on Selective Conscientious
215
THE ADVENT OF NUCLEAR ETHICS
233
This War Cannot Be Justified JimWallis
466
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Page 425 - US for maintaining peace, have agreed that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.
Page 52 - I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Page 98 - And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee ; take away this cup from me : nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Page 107 - ... the souls of the righteous are in the hands of God, and, therefore, no torments of hell can touch them.
Page 410 - The miracle that saves the world, the realm of human affairs, from its normal, "natural" ruin is ultimately the fact of natality, in which the faculty of action is ontologically rooted.
Page 381 - Any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or of extensive areas along with their population is a crime against God and man himself. It merits unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation.
Page 418 - Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. " And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.
Page 223 - Vitoria laid down the theory of the conscientious objector in unmistakable terms : " if a subject is convinced of the injustice of a war, he ought not to serve in it, even on the command of his prince . . . hence follows the corollary that subjects whose conscience is against the justice of a war may not engage in it whether they be right or wrong. This is clear for whatever is not of faith is sin.
Page 374 - It is our clear duty, then, to strain every muscle as we work for the time when all war can be completely outlawed by international consent.
Page 381 - Under no circumstances may nuclear weapons or other instruments of mass slaughter be used for the purpose of destroying population centers or other predominantly civilian targets.

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