Toward a theory of peace the role of moral beliefs

"This book explores the conditions under which the institution of war could be brought to an end. It draws on an extensive program of research into the phenomenon of socially sanctioned violence and focuses on the role of moral beliefs. This book explores social change and the goal of eradicati...

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Main Author: Forsberg, Randall
Other Authors: Evangelista, Matthew (Editor), Crawford, Neta (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2019, 2019©2019
Series:Cornell global perspectives
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300 |a xxxii, 235 pages 
505 0 |a The idea of a theory of peace -- Conditions for the abolition of war -- The roles of innate impulses and learned moral beliefs in individual and group violence -- Socially sanctioned group violence : features, examples, and sources -- Ritual cannibalism : a case study of socially sanctioned group violence -- Sanctioned violence, morality, and cultural evolution -- Appendix : the debate on the existence of cannibalism 
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