How we fight: ethics in war

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How We Fight: Ethics in War contains ten groundbreaking essays by some of the leading philosophers of war. The essays offer new perspectives on key debates including pacifism, punitive justifications for war, the distribution of risk between combatants and non-combatants, the structure of 'just war theory', and bases of individual liability in war.

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Full title :How we fight : ethics in war / edited by Helen Frowe and Gerald Lang.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

Notes

These papers arose from a conference on just war theory held at the University of Sheffield in August 2010--Acknowledgements.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 196 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191654381, 0191654388, 9780191751707, 0191751707
oclc:ocn880147900
LC Classification:U22
Dewey Decimal:172.4

Cover; How We Fight; MIND ASSOCIATION OCCASIONAL SERIES; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Varieties of Contingent Pacifism in War; 2 Punitive War; 3 Why Not Forfeiture?; 4 Self-Defence, Just War, and a Reasonable Prospect of Success*; 5 Self-Defense, Resistance, and Suicide; 6 Are Justified Aggressors a Threat to the Rights Theory of Self-Defense?*; 7 Self-Defense Against Justified Threateners; 8 Just War Theory, Intentions, and the Deliberative Perspective Objection; 9 Risking and Protecting Lives Soldiers and Opposing Civilians

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Conference papers and proceedings Electronic books Guerre -- Congrès. -- Aspect moral Guerre (Philosophie) -- Congrès Guerre juste -- Congrès Just war doctrine Just war doctrine -- Congresses Krig -- etik och moral Krigets lagar Paix -- Congrès. -- Aspect moral Peace -- Congresses. -- Moral and ethic… Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects Political Science -- General War -- Congresses. -- Moral and ethical… War -- Moral and ethical aspects War (Philosophy) War (Philosophy) -- Congresses