Download or read book In Defence of War written by Nigel Biggar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the domination of moral deliberation by rights-talk In Defence of War asserts that belligerency can be morally justified, even while it is tragic and morally flawed. Recovering the early Christian tradition of just war thinking, Nigel Biggar argues in favour of aggressive war in punishment of grave injustice.