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General information
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Study points: 4.00
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Language: English
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Category:
lecture
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Duration:
26.0 hours
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Periodicity:
Taught next academic year in the first semester
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POC:
POC Theology and Religious Studies
Taught by
Verstraeten Johan
Content
- The first part reviews the history of ethical theories about peace and war with a special focus on the relation between pacifism and the ‘just war’ tradition, and the historical interaction between theological and secular arguments.
- The second part is a critical examination of the use and ideological misuse of moral criteria with regard to contemporary armed conflicts.
Via a critical interpretation of Clausewitz’ philosophy of war and its presuppositions, the third part is devoted to: the primacy of political ends; a critique of the morality of states (and of its theological legitimations); an examination of contemporary theories of international ethics and of the U.N. peace policy.- The third part treats theories of humanitarian intervention, with case studies such as the Gulf war and the war in Bosnia. Attention is paid to the problem of nuclear deterrence (especially in the context of the conflict between India and Pakistan) and to the problem of terrorism.
- The forth part treats the (ambivalent) role of religion in peace processes, with a focus on the problem of reconciliation (with cases such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and Rwanda after the genocide).
The course pays also attention to the influence of war on 'humanity' (cf. J. Glover)
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B-KUL-A00C0A Ethics of Peace, War and International Relations
