Defensive killing
by Frowe, Helen
Helen Frowe offers a new account of when and why it is morally permissible for a person to use force to defend herself or others against harm. She explores the use of force between individuals before extending the enquiry to war, to argue that we should judge the ethics of killing in war by the moral rules that govern killing between individuals.
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Helen Frowe offers a new account of when and why it is morally permissible for a person to use force to defend herself or others against harm. She explores the use of force between individuals before extending the enquiry to war, to argue that we should judge the ethics of killing in war by the moral rules that govern killing between individuals.
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- Publication Date:2014.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191760921, 0191760927
- oclc:ocn941302526
- LC Classification:U22
- Dewey Decimal:172.42
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