Nonviolence: Critiquing Assumptions, Examining Frameworks

Michael Brown, Katy Gray Brown (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2018
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-38340-1 (ISBN)

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This volume explores assumptions and frameworks concerning violence, nonviolence, war, conflict, and reconciliation, and considers what would be needed in order for people to see nonviolence as a viable approach to contemporary problems.

Many judgments regarding what is good or bad, possible or impossible, rely upon unspoken assumptions or frameworks which are used to view and evaluate events and actions. Philosophers uncover these hidden aspects of thoughts and judgments, scrutinizing them for soundness, validity, and fairness. These assumptions and frameworks permeate the topics of violence, nonviolence, war, conflict, and reconciliation; and these assumptions influence how we address these problems and issues.

The papers in this volume explore what kind of assumptions and frameworks would be needed in order for people to see nonviolence as a sensible approach to contemporary problems. Topics include conceptions of positive peace, nonviolence and international structures, and perspectives on peace education.

Contributors are Elizabeth N. Agnew, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, William C. Gay, Ronald J. Glossop, Ian M. Harris, John Kultgen, Joseph C. Kunkel, Douglas Lewis, Danielle Poe and Harry van der Linden.

Michael Patterson Brown, Ph.D. is a peace educator, activist, and philosopher who has worked with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Katy Gray Brown, Ph.D., teaches philosophy and peace studies at Manchester University in Indiana, home to the first undergraduate peace studies program.

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Michael Patterson Brown and Katy Gray Brown

Part 1:Nonviolence and Positive Peace

1 The Practice of Peace: Thinking, Speaking, Acting

William C. Gay

2 Can You Hear Me Now? The Element of Listening in Positive Peace

Elizabeth N. Agnew

3 The Ethics of Care and Violence

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon

4 Freedom, Oppression, and the Ethics of Ambiguity

Douglas Lewis

Part 2:Nonviolence and International Structures

5 The Impotence of Moral Arguments in the Debate Over Nuclear Deterrence

John Kultgen

6 The U.S. Constitution, Human Rights, and Iraq

Joseph C. Kunkel

7 Questioning Combatant’s Privilege in Unjust Wars

Harry van der Linden

8 The International Criminal Court: Progressing despite U.S. Opposition

Ronald J. Glossop

Part 3:Nonviolence and Peace Education

9 A Philosophic Framework for Peace Education

Ian M. Harris

10 Perspectives from a Catholic, Marianist University on Teaching Peace

Danielle Poe

11 Dewey’s Political Ethics as Applied Philosophy that Advances International Peace

William C. Gay

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Philosophy of Peace ; 324
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	289 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	90-04-38340-9 / 9004383409
ISBN-13	978-90-04-38340-1 / 9789004383401
Zustand	Neuware