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Religion, Pacifism, and Nonviolence

Part of the Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95010-5

ISBN: 978-3-319-95009-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Aug 28, 2018

1 - 10 of 16 Chapters

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Introduction

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 1 –8

[The ubiquity of war in world history is noted, as are the different types of war, including wars of conquest, civil wars, and religious wars. The interest of the book in the religious repudiation of war and violence is identified, and brief descriptions of the book’s fifteen chapters are provided.]
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Ways of Approaching War That Are Sanctioned Within Religious Traditions

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 9 –14

[The book’s first chapter identifies four ways of approaching war that have been sanctioned within religious traditions. They are: (i) to fight militarily in the name of one’s state, (ii) to fight militarily in the name of one’s religion, (iii) to follow the way of the just war theory, and (iv)...
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Fighting Militarily in the Name of One’s State and Fighting Militarily in the Name of One’s Religion

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 15 –19

[This chapter treats the first two of the religiously sanctioned ways of approaching war, bringing out how certain New Testament passages may be cited in apparent support of fighting militarily for one’s country. It is noted how fighting militarily in the name of one’s religion – taking up arms...
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The Just War Approach

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 21 –30

[According to the just war tradition, if a war meets certain conditions it is a just war; otherwise it is not. Cicero, drawing upon even earlier sources, provided the nucleus of just war thinking. Later St. Ambrose and St. Augustine presented a Christianized form of the just war idea, and still...
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The Status of the Just War Theory

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 31 –38

[In this chapter the current status of the just war theory is addressed. Several broad criticisms that can be brought against the just war theory are reviewed. One relates to the sovereignty condition, which requires that a just war be declared by a sovereign (or the legitimate authority of the...
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The Principle of Double Effect

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 39 –45

[This chapter is an evaluation of the principle of double effect. The principle of double effect is a principle congenial to the just war theory and is appealed to by just war theorists. It is a principle that under certain circumstances can relieve perpetrators of war actions that inflict...
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The Approach of Pacifism

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 47 –54

[The subject of this chapter is the fourth religious approach to war: the way of pacifism. Pacifism is a central concern of this book, and in the chapters that follow the implications of pacifism – what it requires and what is allows – are discussed, as well as animadversions of pacifism and its...
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Arguments Against Pacifism and Moral Support for Pacifism

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 55 –65

[In this chapter some seven arguments against pacifism are presented and answered. These include the arguments that it is internally incoherent, and that it is counter to human nature. Also in this chapter moral support for pacifism is presented. Pretheoretical moral intuitions are divided on...
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The Costs of War

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 67 –73

[The costs argument is a supplemental moral argument against war: the terrible costs of war in recent centuries and in the foreseeable future, it is argued, establishes the moral wrongness and evil of modern wars. These costs include the great suffering of civilians in combat operations and the...
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Religious Support for Pacifism

Kellenberger, James

Pages: 75 –95

[When pacifism is understood as the acceptance of nonviolence and the rejection of all war and violence in personal relations and in all its expressions, religious support for pacifism can be found in various world traditions. The subject of this chapter is the multiplicity of religious support...

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