The Verdict of Battle

The Verdict of Battle
Author: James Q. Whitman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012-10-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674068114

Slaughter in battle was once seen as a legitimate way to settle disputes. When pitched battles ceased to exist, the law of victory gave way to the rule of unbridled force. Whitman explains why ritualized violence was more effective in ending carnage, and why humanitarian laws that view war as evil have led to longer, more barbaric conflicts.

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Mundas-Phrygians

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Mundas-Phrygians
Author: James Hastings
Publisher:
Total Pages: 942
Release: 1917
Genre: Ethics
ISBN:

Scope: theology, philosophy, ethics of various religions and ethical systems and relevant portions of anthropology, mythology, folklore, biology, psychology, economics and sociology.