Debating humanitarian intervention : should we try to save strangers? /
The book offers contrasting views of humanitarian intervention--a war aimed at ending tyranny or violence. Fernando Tesón argues that humanitarian interventions are sometimes permissible; Bas van der Vossen argues that as a rule they are not. The authors use the tools of modern analytic philosophy,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Debating ethics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book offers contrasting views of humanitarian intervention--a war aimed at ending tyranny or violence. Fernando Tesón argues that humanitarian interventions are sometimes permissible; Bas van der Vossen argues that as a rule they are not. The authors use the tools of modern analytic philosophy, in particular just war theory, to substantiate their claims. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190202934 0190202939 9780190202927 0190202920 9780190699031 0190699035 |