Kant and the Law of War

by Arthur Ripstein

The past two decades have seen renewed scholarly and popular interest in the law and morality of war. Positions that originated in the late Middle Ages through the seventeenth century have received more sophisticated philosophical elaboration. Although many contemporary writers appeal to ideas drawn from Kant's moral philosophy, his explicit discussions of war have not yet been brought into their proper place in these debates. Ripstein argues that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019760420X
• ISBN13: 9780197604205
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"