President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Speech: Embracing the Ethics of Reinhold Niebuhr

The article focuses on a speech given by U.S. President Barack Obama after he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. A comparison of the rhetoric used in Obama's speech with that of Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr is presented. Discussion of the justifications of foreign wars as explaine...

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Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
In: Social justice
Year: 2010, Volume: 37, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 47-60
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971
Obama, Barack, 1961-
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Preemptive attack (Military science)
PRESIDENTS of the United States
Foreign relations of the United States
War & ethics
Nobel Prizes
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Summary:The article focuses on a speech given by U.S. President Barack Obama after he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. A comparison of the rhetoric used in Obama's speech with that of Christian theologian Reinhold Niebuhr is presented. Discussion of the justifications of foreign wars as explained by Obama is included. It is suggested that Obama compromised on his earlier positions of humanitarian intervention, preemptive war, and policies of former U.S. President George W. Bush during the "war on terror."
ISSN:2327-641X