The Quest for Peace : : Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History / / James Turner Johnson.

• VerfasserIn: Johnson, James Turner,
• Ort / Verlag: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1987
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• Serie: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5067
• Beschreibung: 1 online resource (328 p.)

James Turner Johnson goes beyond the examination of moral restraints on the occasion and conduct of war to a critical study of the moral thinking that has aimed at its prevention. This scrutiny of the peace issue" in Western society covers nearly two thousand years of history and three traditions of the search for peace: the just war tradition of setting limits to war, the sectarian pacifism of withdrawal from the world and its evils, and the Utopian world-perfecting pacifism that finds the cure for discord among nations in the establishment of a new, more nearly universal, and rightly constituted political order. Revealing the historical depth of all three traditions, the book shows that contemporary "nuclear pacifism" derives from forms of thought that are centuries old.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter I. Christian Attitudes Toward War and Military Service in the First Four Centuries -- Chapter II. Peace, War, and the Rejection of Violence in the Middle Ages -- Chapter III. The Political Use of Force in the Renaissance- Reformation Era -- Chapter IV. “Perpetual Peace” and Limited War -- Chapter V. The Quest for Peace in the Age of Modern War -- Conclusion: Moral Ideals and the Quest for Peace -- Select Bibliography -- Index