Philosophy 299: Philosophy of War and Terrorism
Syllabus
Readings
--Thucydides,
Book 5, 84-116 in The
Peloponnesian War
--Machiavelli, Chpts. I-VIII,
XIV-XVII in The
Prince
--Hobbes, Chpts. 6,
11, 13, 17 in Leviathan
--Clausewitz, Chpts. 1 and 2 in On War
--Nagel, "War
and Massacre" (or in html here)
--McMahan, "The
Ethics of Killing in War"
--Narveson, "Pacifism:
A Philosophical Analysis" in Ethics
(Click JSTOR
Link and follow links to the July, 1965 issue, pg. 259.)
--Coady, "Terrorism,
Morality, and Supreme Emergency" in Ethics
(follow one
of the links to the July, 2004 issue, p.772.)
--McPherson, "Is Terrorism Distinctively Wrong?" in Ethics
(follow one
of the links to the April, 2007 issue, p. 524)
--Shue, "Torture" in Philosophy and Public Affairs
(follow one
of the links to the Winter 1978 issue, p. 124)
--Sussman, "What's Wrong with Torture?" in Philosophy and Public Affairs
(follow one
of the links to the January 2005 issue, p. 1)
Essay Assignments