Just war theory / edited by Thom Brooks.
Just War Theory raises some of the most pressing and important philosophical issues of our day. When is a war a just war, if ever? Do all soldiers in war have moral equivalence? What is the difference between combatants and non-combatants? This book brings together some of the most important essays...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Moral Philosophy
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Thom Brooks
- Introduction / Thom Brooks
- The Permissibility of Aiding and Abetting Unjust Wars / Saba Barzargan
- Dividing Harm / Gerhard Øverland
- Consistency in the Armed Enforcement of Human Rights: A Moral Necessity? / Ned Dobos
- Conditional Threats / Gerhard Øverland
- Can Wars Be Fought Justly? The Necessity Condition Put to the Test / Daniel Statman
- Self-Defence among Innocent People / Gerhard Øverland
- Killing in War and Moral Equality / Stephen R. Shalom
- Self-Defence and the Principle of Non-Combatant Immunity / Helen Frowe
- Partiality and Weighing Harm to Non-Combatants / David Lefkowitz
- Defining Terrorism for Public Policy Purposes: The Group–Target Definition / Eric Reitan
- Bibliography / Thom Brooks
- Index / Thom Brooks.