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Duane Cady views warism and pacifism as polar extremes on a continuum that embraces a full spectrum of ethical positions on the morality of war and peace. Realizing that he could not intellectually defend the notions of just-war theory, he found that he was a reluctant pacifist. In this new edition of From Warism to Pacifism, Cady continues to expose the pervasive, subconscious warism that is the dominant ideology in modern Western culture. He explores the changes over the last twenty yearsofrom the end of the Cold War to the ongoing "war on terror," as well as Barack Obama winning the Nobel Prize for Peace. Like racism and sexism, the uncritical presumption that war is morally justifiable, even morally required, misguides our attitudes and institutions. In its place, Cady proposes the development of a positive concept of peace. Citing common objections to pacifist values, he describes peace as something more than the mere absence of war and demonstrates that pacifism is a defensible position.

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Peace studies & conflict resolution

• Full title: From Warism to Pacifism
• Subtitle: A Moral Continuum
• Author: Duane L. Cady
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 170
• EAN: 9781439903117
• ISBN: 1439903115
• ID: 05075972
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Weight: 295 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 140 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. September 2010

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