War and Morality

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course studies Christian and Western secular “just war” traditions, and compares them critically (if also somewhat briefly) with pacifist and realist approaches to warfare. As often as possible, course discussions will revolve around concrete cases that address past, present, and future wars; the concrete circumstances, challenges, and costs of combat; and the prospects for securing a justly ordered peace by means of and in the aftermath of war.