Toward a Theory of Peace The Role of Moral Beliefs

Military analyst, peace activist, teacher, and social theorist Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg (1943-2007) founded the Nuclear Freeze campaign and the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies. In "Toward a Theory of Peace," completed in 1997 and published for the first time here, she...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Forsberg, Randall Caroline Watson, autor (autor), Crawford, Neta C., editor (editor), Evangelista, Matthew, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2020]
Colección:De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Editors' Note
  • Editors' Introduction: Randall Forsberg and the Path to Peace
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • 1. The Idea of a Theory of Peace
  • 2. Conditions for the Abolition of War
  • 3. The Roles of Innate Impulses and Learned Moral Beliefs in Individual and Group Violence
  • 4. Socially Sanctioned Group Violence: Features, Examples, and Sources
  • 5. Ritual Cannibalism: A Case Study of Socially Sanctioned Group Violence
  • 6. Sanctioned Violence, Morality, and Cultural Evolution
  • Appendix: The Debate on the Existence of Cannibalism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • About the Editors
  • Index.