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2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PL 305 Ethics of War

Topics include arguments for and against pacifism, the development of just war theory from Augustine to Walzer, and conventions of international law as applied to certain issues of modern war (strategic bombing, weapons of mass destruction, declarations of war, terrorism, guerilla war, hostage taking, espionage, rights of prisoners of war, and methods of interrogation. For upper- level students and graduate students; reading, discussion, tests, presentations, and papers.

Offered in odd years.