ABSTRACT

The decision to fight 'humanitarian wars' - such as Kosovo - and the development of technology to make war more humane, illustrates the trend in the West to try to humanise war, and thereby humanise modernity. This highly controversial and cutting-edge book asks whether the attempt to make war 'virtual' or 'virtuous' can succeed and whether the wes

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Humanising War

chapter 2|20 pages

War and the Renunciation of Cruelty

chapter 3|23 pages

The Redundancy of Courage

chapter 4|24 pages

War Without Hatred

chapter 5|20 pages

The Humane Warrior

chapter 6|20 pages

Zoning the Planet

chapter 7|15 pages

Humane War and the Moral Imagination

chapter 8|6 pages

Conclusion