This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in t

In a world riven with conflict, violence and war, this book proposes a philosophical defense of pacifism. It argues that there is a moral presumption against wa

The first major philosophical treatment of contingent pacifism, offering an account of pacifism from the just war tradition.

Advocates of pacifism usually stake their position on the moral superiority of nonviolence and have generally been reluctant or unwilling to concede that violen

This book is about decisions. Not the everyday kind such as "What should I wear today?" or "Where shall we eat tonight?" but decisions dealing with life, death,