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What is the ‘way of the warrior’? Students investigate the arts of war and peace in this course about virtue and the ethics of violence

  • Written by Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Hamilton College
What is the ‘way of the warrior’? Students investigate the arts of war and peace in this course about virtue and the ethics of violenceA painting by Yoshifusa Utagawa shows the famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi, left, fighting Sasaki Kojiro.Artelino via Wikimedia CommonsText saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation

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Title of course:

The Way of the Warrior

What prompted the idea for the course?

I am a lifelong...

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