{"product_id":"ethics-security-and-the-war-ned-dobos-9780192887849","title":"Ethics, Security, and the War Machine","description":"If pacifists are correct in thinking that war is always unjust, then it follows that we ought to eliminate the possibility and temptation of ever engaging in it; we should not build war-making capacity, and if we already have, then demilitarization--or military abolition--would seem to be the appropriate course to take. On the other hand, if war is sometimes justified, as many believe, then it must be permissible to prepare for it by creating and maintaining a military establishment. Yet this view that the justifiability of war-\u003cem\u003emaking\u003c\/em\u003e is also sufficient to justify war-\u003cem\u003ebuilding\u003c\/em\u003e is mistaken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book addresses questions of \u003cem\u003ejus ante bellum\u003c\/em\u003e, or justice \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e war. Under what circumstances is it justifiable for a polity to prepare for war by militarizing? When (if ever) and why (if at all) is it morally permissible to create and maintain the potential to wage war? In doing so it highlights the ways in which a civilian population compromises its own security in maintaining a permanent military establishment, explores the moral and social costs of militarization, and evaluates whether or not these costs are worth bearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ned Dobos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019288784X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192887849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Ned Dobos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069585322239,"sku":"9780192887849","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f004ac61-a85d-47c1-a4b0-d7ba848d4cdf.jpg?v=1685425472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ethics-security-and-the-war-ned-dobos-9780192887849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}