Killing in war /

Jeff McMahan urges us to reject the view, dominant throughout history, that mere participation in an unjust war is not wrong. He argues powerfully that combatants who fight for an unjust cause are acting wrongly and are themselves morally responsible for their actions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McMahan, Jeff
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©2009.
Series:	Uehiro series in practical ethics.
Subjects:	War > Moral and ethical aspects. Combat > Moral and ethical aspects. Military ethics. Conscientious objection. Responsibility. Guerre > Aspect moral. Combat > Aspect moral. Morale militaire. Objection de conscience. Responsabilité. POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. Combat > Moral and ethical aspects Conscientious objection Military ethics Responsibility War > Moral and ethical aspects Ethik Kombattant Krieg Kriegführung Kriegsrecht > Völkerrecht Politische Philosophie Tötung Verantwortlichkeit töten Angewandte Ethik Oorlog. Doden. Ethiek. Krig > etik och moral. Militär etik. Electronic books.
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Killing in war /

by McMahan, Jeff
Published 2009

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