Crimes of Obedience
Crimes of Obedience

Author: Herbert C. Kelman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780300048131

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Sergeant William Calley's defense of his behavior in the My Lai massacre and the widespread public support for his argument that he was merely obeying orders from a superior and was not personally culpable led Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton to investigate the attitudes toward responsibility and authority that underlie "crimes of obedience"--not only in military circumstances like My Lai but as manifested in Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Kurt Waldheim affair. Their book is an ardent plea for the right and obligation of citizens to resist illegal and immoral orders from above.

Trusting God's Timing
Trusting God's Timing

Author: Steven Stoffelsen

Publisher: Word Alive Press

Published: 2017-01-17

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1486614019

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Many times Christians excitedly receive a promise or vision from God. From that moment forward, they want to tell the whole world what God is going to do in and through them. It’s so exciting to have a promise from God. The Bible says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). But when God gives us a promise or vision, it takes time to see it fulfilled. Rarely is the vision for tomorrow or even the next year. It’s for a certain time set by God. He shows it to you early, but He still wants to prepare you for the journey ahead. Many Christians get discouraged during this process and walk away from God. But so many people in the Bible—like Abraham, Joseph, and David—had to go through years of preparation before they saw their visions fulfilled. They waited a long time, probably longer than most of us. Be encouraged and don’t let a thing called time destroy you before you even start. God is for you, and what He’s promised He will bring to pass.

Aristotle's Legal Theory
Aristotle's Legal Theory

Author: George Duke

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 110715703X

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This book offers a systematic exposition of Aristotle's legal thought and account of the relationship between law and politics.

The Just War in the Middle Ages
The Just War in the Middle Ages

Author: Frederick H. Russell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780521292764

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The first systematic attempt to reconstruct from original manuscript sources and early printed books the medieval doctrines relating to the just war, the holy war and the crusade. Despite the frequency of wars and armed conflicts throughout the course of western history, no comprehensive survey has previously been made of the justifications of warfare that were elaborated by Roman lawyers, canon lawyers and theologians in the twelfth and thirteenth century universities. After a brief survey of theories of the just war in antiquity, with emphasis on Cicero and Augustine, and of thought on early medieval warfare, the central chapters are devoted to scholastics such as Pope Innocent IV, Hostiensis and Thomas Aquinas. Professor Russell attempts to correlate theories of the just war with political and intellectual development in the Middle Ages. His conclusion evaluates the just war in the light of late medieval and early modern statecraft and poses questions about its compatibility with Christian ethics and its validity within international law.