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The Right Wrongs
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in the Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff Princeton University Press, 212 pp. $22.95 Is it ever justifiable to do evil that good may...
Just War, As It Was and Is
The just war tradition came into being during the Middle Ages as a way of thinking about the right use of force in the context of responsible government of...
Jihad and Just War
In February 1998, long before the September 11 terrorist attacks on America, Osama bin Laden and four other leaders of radical Islamist groups in various countries issued a fatwa,...
In Response to Terror
In the aftermath of the United States military response to the car-bombing of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania last August, New York’s John Cardinal O’Connor drew a distinction...
Onward, Christian Soldiers?
Does Christianity Cause War?by david martinoxford university press, 226 pages, $56 The question posed by the title of this book is a simple one, which, on the face of...
