Probing the Biggar Line: Strong Points and Vulnerabilities of an Anglican Defence of Britain’s Latest Belligerent Century and of Wider Just War Theoretical Positions
Biggar’s excellent book allows examination of the adequacy of Christian just war theory over key events of the last century’s British military and interventionary history. I attempt infiltration of key positions behind a creeping barrage, following the contours of Biggar’s arguments, finally firing...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2015
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 316-327 |
| Review of: | In defence of war (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2013) (Schulte, Paul)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KBF British Isles NCD Political ethics TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
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Book review
B Polemos B historical audit B Moral relativism B regional and historical intractabilities B Just war theory and revisionism |
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| Summary: | Biggar’s excellent book allows examination of the adequacy of Christian just war theory over key events of the last century’s British military and interventionary history. I attempt infiltration of key positions behind a creeping barrage, following the contours of Biggar’s arguments, finally firing corrosive Greek fire into the deep Latinate redoubts of Fortresses Augustine and Aquinas. I shall explain why the audit of Biggar’s ambitious defensive system shows a very mixed balance sheet for just war theory. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "In Response (2015)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946814565319 |