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1914–1918: Was Britain Right to Fight?

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Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures
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The Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, Canon of Christ Church, and author of In Defence of War (2013) analyses Britain's belligerency in terms of Christian just war reasoning, and concludes that it was justified.

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Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures
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Nigel Biggar
Keywords
great war
#ww1
philosophy
history
first world war
world war one
morality
Department: Christ Church
Date Added: 13/02/2014
Duration: 00:54:13

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