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The morality of defensive war /

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International law and conventional morality grant that states may stand ready to defend their borders with lethal force. But what grounds the permission to kill for the sake of political sovereignty and territorial integrity? In this book leading theorists address this vexed issue, and set the terms...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fabre, Cécile (Editor), Lazar, Seth, 1979- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Mind Association occasional series.
Subjects:
War (Philosophy)
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Guerre (Philosophie)
Guerre > Aspect moral.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
War > Moral and ethical aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Cécile Fabre and Seth Lazar
  • National defence, self-defence, and the problem of political aggression / Seth Lazar
  • Understanding the political defensive priviledge / Patrick Emerton and Toby Handfield
  • The myth of national self-defense / David Rodin
  • Cosmopolitanism and wars of self-defence / Cécile Fabre
  • What rights may be defended by means of war? / Jeff McMahan
  • Distributive justice, human rights, and territorial integrity / Yitzhak Benbaji
  • Collective self-determination, institutions of justice, and wars of national defence / Margaret Moore
  • Territorial rights and national defence / Anna Stilz
  • Democracy, defence, and the threat of intervention / Christopher Kutz.