A detailed, clear, and comprehensive overview of the current philosophical debate on toture. The question of when, and under what circumstances, the practice of torture might be justified has receive
In the light of NATO's humanitarian war in Kosovo is it possible to understand or explain wars as an outcome of perceptions of rights? How did rights, be they divine rights in the Middle Ages, territo
In this timely follow-up to their previous collections of theoretical essays and empirical analyses on administrative ethics, Frederickson (public administration, U. of Kansas) and Ghere (political sc
The groundbreaking "Ethics in Public Administration" set the agenda for a decade's worth of research in the theory and practice of ethics in the public sector. This long-awaited follow-up volume repre
What is the spirit that animates collective action? What is the ethos of democracy? Worldly Ethics offers a powerful and original response to these questions, arguing that associative democratic polit
What is the spirit that animates collective action? What is the ethos of democracy? Worldly Ethics offers a powerful and original response to these questions, arguing that associative democratic polit
Confronts a host of difficult questions about thecontroversial decision to go to war: Is war ever morallyjustified? Who has the authority to wage war? What is acceptablewar conduct? Regan considers th
The authors of the 11 chapters presented here by Cooper (U. of Southern California) and Menzel (emeritus, Northern Illinois U.) were charged with thinking "widely and creatively about ethical competen
Mark H. Moore’s now classic Creating Public Value offered advice to public managers about how to create public value. But that book left a key question unresolved: how could one recognize (in an accou
This book shows students entering the public service as well as professionals in the field how to become ethically competent to provide the leadership needed to advance the public interest. The book d
"Opposing Viewpoints: Congressional Ethics: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of
War and Delusion offers a fresh look at just war theory, which has dominated normative thought about war for centuries. This work examines the cultural milieu in which the just war paradigm arose and
Goppel (philosophy, U. of Zurich, Switzerland) analyzes the arguments made by the governments of Israel and the US to defend what they call targeted killings, and arguments condemning it by those who
This lavish and lyrical picture book based on the Tao Te Ching ponders the eternal question: How can we bring peace to the world?Radiating tenderness and reflecting the influence of eastern philosophi
This book compares the role of a sense of justice in the ethical and political thought of Confucius and John Rawls. Erin Cline demonstrates that the Analects (the most influential record of Confucius'
This volume presents 10 essays originally published in the Journal of Moral Philosophy, a quarterly co-founded in 2004 by Brooks (law, Durham U., UK). The book series, "Studies in Moral Philosophy," w
Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman a
The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts comprises essays that discuss aspects of war and other conflicts in the light of both nonconsequentialist ethical theory and the vi
This book challenges the view, common among Western scholars, that precolonial India lacked a tradition of military philosophy. It traces the evolution of theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization, focusing on the debate between Dharmayuddha (Just War) and Kutayuddha (Unjust War) within Hindu philosophy. This debate centers around four questions: What is war? What justifies it? How should it be waged? And what are its potential repercussions? This body of literature provides evidence of the historical evolution of strategic thought in the Indian subcontinent that has heretofore been neglected by modern historians. Further, it provides a counterpoint to scholarship in political science that engages solely with Western theories in its analysis of independent India's philosophy of warfare. Ultimately, a better understanding of the legacy of ancient India's strategic theorizing will enable more accurate analysis of modern India's military and nuclear policies.
Hickey (US Naval War College) graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1980, served as a naval flight officer, earned his PhD in humanities (Salve Regina U.) with a focus on ethics and precision-guided
