The ethics of war : essays /

Some of the most basic assumptions of Just War theory have been dismantled in a barrage of criticism and analysis in the first dozen years of the twenty-first century. 'The Ethics of War' continues and pushes past this trend. This anthology is an authoritative treatment of the ethics and l...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bazargan-Forward, Saba (Editor), Rickless, Samuel Charles, 1964- (edtior.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:	War > Moral and ethical aspects. Just war doctrine. Guerre > Aspect moral. Guerre juste. POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. Just war doctrine War > Moral and ethical aspects Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Liability, proportionality, and the number of aggressors
The lesser evil obligation
Human rights, proportionality, and the lives of soldiers
Resolving the responsibility dilemma
Duress and duty
Can states be corporately liable to attack in war?
Targeting Al Qaeda: law and morality in the us war on terror
Adil Ahmad Haque
Double effect and the laws of war
Beyond the paradigm of self-defense? on revolutionary violence
War's endings and the structure of just war theory
Moral recovery after war: the role of hope.