Islam and War: A Study in Comparative Ethics

John Kelsay

Islam and War: A Study in Comparative Ethics

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Abstract	This book explores these questions and addresses the lack of comparative perspectives on the ethics of war, particularly with respect to Islam.
Keywords	War Islam Just war doctrine Persian Gulf War, 1991 Religious aspects War Moral and ethical aspects
Categories	Ethics and Justification of War in Social and Political Philosophy Islam in Philosophy of Religion Just War Theory in Social and Political Philosophy (categorize this paper)
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Call number	BP190.5.W35.K44 1993
ISBN(s)	0664253024 9780664253028
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The Just War Tradition and the Question of Authority.Anthony F. Lang - 2009 - Journal of Military Ethics 8 (3):202-216.

Basic Moral Values: A Shared Core.Frances V. Harbour - 1995 - Ethics and International Affairs 9 (1):155–170.

Al-Shaybani and the Islamic Law of War.John Kelsay - 2003 - Journal of Military Ethics 2 (1):63-75.

Muslim Imaginaries and Imaginary Muslims: Placing Islam in Conversation with a Secular Age. [REVIEW]Elizabeth A. Barre - 2012 - Journal of Religious Ethics 40 (1):138-148.

Shari'a Reasoning and the Justice of Religious War.Christopher J. Eberle - 2012 - Philosophia 40 (2):195-211.

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