Just war theory /

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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Other Authors: Brooks, Thom.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Studies in Moral Philosophy 4.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248748.

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Call Number: U22 .J877 2013eb

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.