The Quest for Peace : Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History by Johnson, James Turner

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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 0691077428 . 300 pages. Dust jacket in removable plastic protective cover. With library stamps and labels. Slight wear to spine, covers, corners and dust jacket. ; Ex-Library; Octavo (standard book size) .

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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987. Fine condition in bright, shiny Near Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. Discusses three traditions: 1) setting limits in a just war; 2) pacifism through withdrawal from the world; 3) utopian world-perfecting pacifism. Select bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "[The author] 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... Revealing the historical depth of all three traditions, the book shows that contemporary 'nuclear pacifism' derives from forms of thought that are centuries old. Of special interest is Professor Johnson's reexamination of the question 'Were the early Christians pacifist?' In addition to the period of… Read More