Just war : a wadsworth casebook in argument

JUST WAR, the first volume in The Wadsworth Casebooks in Argument series, includes coverage of the forms of argumentation, an overall discussion of the theme, and a collection of readings.

Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Is There Such a Thing as a Just War?	p. 1
Part 1 Analyzing and Writing Arguments	p. 3
Chapter 1 Analyzing Arguments	p. 5
Recognizing Arguments	p. 5
Where Is Argument Found?	p. 5
The Private Sphere	p. 6
The Professional and Business Domain	p. 6
The Public Forum	p. 6
The Academic Classroom and Symposium	p. 7
What Are the Components of Aristotelian or Classical Argumentative Strategy?	p. 7
Ethos: Evaluating the Writer's Assumptions, Credentials, Reputation, and Use of Authority	p. 7
Assumptions	p. 8
Credentials	p. 9
Reputation	p. 9
Use of Authority	p. 10
Audience: Considering the Reader's Needs	p. 11
Rogerian Argument: Finding Common Ground with Readers	p. 13
Logos: Understanding the Writer's Reasoning	p. 14
Induction	p. 14
Deduction	p. 16
Pathos: Weighing Appeals to Emotion	p. 26
Chapter 2 Avoiding Fallacies	p. 29
Attacks on Ethos	p. 29
Ad Hominem or Attack on the Person	p. 30
Tu Quoque or You Too	p. 30
False Authority	p. 30
Failures in Logos	p. 30
Errors in Reasoning	p. 30
Fuzzy Thinking	p. 32
Attempts to Deceive	p. 33
Inappropriate Appeals to Pathos	p. 34
Ad Populum or Pandering	p. 34
Bandwagon	p. 35
Slippery Slope	p. 35
Chapter 3 Writing the Source-Based Argumentative Paper	p. 37
Becoming the Arguer: Creating a Conversation among Writer, Readers, and Authorities	p. 37
Choosing a Topic	p. 38
Narrowing a Topic and Developing a Working Thesis or Claim	p. 39
Selecting and Evaluating Sources	p. 40
Taking Notes	p. 41
Annotating a Bibliography	p. 43
Focusing the Thesis	p. 44
Planning an Argument: The Outline or Argument in Brief	p. 45
Conferring with Your Instructor	p. 48
Drafting the Essay	p. 48
Revising the Draft	p. 49
Proofreading	p. 50
Checklist for Argumentative Research Essay	p. 52
Part 2 Just War and Peace Casebook	p. 53
Chapter 4 Just War Traditions	p. 55
The Hebrew Bible: "God's Rules for Commanded Wars"	p. 56
The Christian Bible: "Following the Cross, Yet Carrying the Sword"	p. 60
Qur'an and Kitab al-Siyar: "When Allah Commands War"	p. 61
Moses Maimonides, "Laws of Kings and Their Wars"	p. 64
Augustine, "How Should Soldiers Behave?"	p. 66
Thomas Aquinas, "Whether It Is Always Sinful to Wage War?"	p. 68
Francisco de Vitoria, "Before, During, and After War"	p. 72
Martin Luther, "Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved"	p. 74
U.S. Catholic Bishops, "Two Traditions: Nonviolence and Just War"	p. 78
Writing Assignments	p. 82
Conversations	p. 82
Sequence 1 Exploring Just War Traditions	p. 83
Sequence 2 The Rhetoric of Just War Traditions	p. 83
Chapter 5 Changing Over Time: Reworking Just War Traditions	p. 84
Majid Khadduri, "The Doctrine of Jihad"	p. 85
Michael Walzer, "Preventive War" and "Humanitarian Intervention"	p. 98
Michael J. Schuck, "When the Shooting Stops: Missing Elements in Just War Theory"	p. 108
Laurie Calhoun, "Violence and Hypocrisy"	p. 114
The Hebrew Bible: "Noah's Flood" and Arthur Waskow, "Nuclear War or Nuclear Holocaust: How the Biblical Account of the Flood Might Instruct Our Efforts"	p. 129
Writing Assignments	p. 147
Conversation	p. 147
Writing Sequence: Is "Just War" an Outmoded Concept?	p. 147
Chapter 6 Peace and Non-Violent Positions	p. 149
U.S. Catholic Bishops, "A Vision for Peacemaking"	p. 150
Douglas P. Lackey, "Varieties of Pacifism"	p. 154
Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective: Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance	p. 175
Mohandas K. Gandhi, "The Doctrine of Ahimsa"	p. 177
Writing Assignments	p. 180
Conversations	p. 180
Writing Sequence: Exploring a Pacifist Position	p. 181
Chapter 7 Just War Traditions in Practice	p. 182
American "Just Wars"?	p. 182
Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence	p. 182
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War with Japan, December 8, 1941	p. 187
Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the United States Air Strike against Libya, April 14, 1986	p. 190
Response to Recent Conflicts	p. 194
Afghanistan	p. 194
Richard Falk, "Defining a Just War"	p. 194
Stephen R. Shalom, "A 'Just War'? A Critique of Richard Falk"	p. 204
Howard Zinn, "A Just Cause, Not a Just War"	p. 214
Iraq	p. 223
George W. Bush, Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly, September 12, 2002	p. 223
Susan Thistlethwaite, "'Just War' or Is It Just a War?"	p. 231
Charles Colson, "Just War in Iraq"	p. 234
The Cartoonists' Visions: Pro-War and Anti-War Cartoons	p. 237
Writing Assignments	p. 242
Conversations	p. 242
Writing Sequence 1 The Presidents' Arguments for War	p. 242
Writing Sequence 2 The Preemptive War	p. 243
Writing Sequence 3 This Argument Really Bugs Me!	p. 243
Appendices
A. Research Topics and Selected Just War and Peace Bibliography	p. 244
B. Using Sources in an Argumentative Research Essay	p. 251
I. Research Resources	p. 251
Internet Site Evaluation Checklist	p. 254
II. Integrating Sources into Your Writing	p. 257
III. Documenting Sources: MLA and APA Styles	p. 258
IV. Sample Paper in MLA Style	p. 274
Index	p. 290
Credits	p. 299

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