Bishops and Scholars
The Peace Pastoral Under Siege
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403642 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis X Winters (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-59 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500037505 |
| OpenAlex | W2160057384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
Publication of the Peace Pastoral, which has been extensively discussed in journals, has had little effect in persuading scholars or commentators on the ethics of nuclear deterrence. A review of the literature generated byThe Challenge of Peaceprovides a survey of the current state of opinion on this question. The bishops, who seek to apply traditional just war categories to the novel situation of the nuclear era, are opposed by representatives of other traditional positions (the arms control community, which tolerates the targeting of civilians, and the “limited war” school, which eschews civilian targets). Two new approaches, likewise opposed to that of the pastoral, set more radical limits to nuclear targeting. All the critics regard the teaching of the pastoral letter, which condemns all militarily meaningful use of the nuclear arsenal, as an anachronistic exercise in the nuclear era
Anachronism · Bishops · Deterrence theory · Environmental ethics · Political science · Politics · Siege · State (computer science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1991 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |