Books and Cooks West
March 2002
Just and Unjust Wars
by Michael Walzer
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
by
Michael Walzer
March 2 at 5:30 PM
Michele's place
Vegetarian risotto, salad, bread, fruit salad, chocolate cake
Our rating: 4 cups of tea!
from Amazon.com
A classic treatment of the morality of war written by one of our country's
leading philosophers, with a new introduction considering the wars in Bosnia and
Kosovo. Just and Unjust Wars examines a variety of conflicts in order to
understand exactly why, according to Walzer, "the argument about war and justice
is still a political and moral necessity." Walzer's classic work draws on
historical illustrations that range all the way from the Athenian attack on
Melos to this morning's headlines, and uses the testimony of
participants-decision makers and victims alike-to examine the moral issues of
warfare
