Kant and the End of War: A Critique of Just War Theory

by Howard Williams

Book Overview

The paperback edition (published in 2016) includes a new preface with a discussion of recent examples.

Kant stands almost unchallenged as one of the major thinkers of the European Enlightenment. This book brings the ideas of his critical philosophy to bear on one of the leading political and legal questions of our age: under what circumstances, if any, is recourse to war legally and morally justifiable? This issue was strikingly brought...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230244203
• ISBN13: 9780230244207
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"