Just War Theory

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Just War Theory raises some of the most pressing and important philosophical issues of our day. This book brings together some of the most important essays in this area written by leading scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand just war theory.

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Full title :Just War Theory.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (232 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004242029, 9004242023, 9789004228504, 9004228500, 9781283854252, 1283854252
oclc:ocn821180580
LC Classification:U22 .J877 2013
Dewey Decimal:172.42

Just War Theory -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Previous Publications -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: JUST WAR AND UNJUST WAR -- The Permissibility of Aiding and Abetting Unjust Wars -- Dividing Harm -- Consistency in the Armed Enforcement of Human Rights: A Moral Necessity? -- PART II: JUST WAR AND SELF-DEFENSE -- Conditional Threats -- Can Wars Be Fought Justly? The Necessity Condition Put to the Test -- PART III: INNOCENT NON-COMBATANTS AND SELF-DEFENSE -- Self-Defence among Innocent People -- Killing in War and Moral Equality -- Self-Defence and the Principle of Non-Combatant Immunity -- Partiality and Weighing Harm to Non-Combatants -- PART IV: JUST WAR THEORY AND TERRORISM -- Defining Terrorism for Public Policy Purposes: The Group-Target Definition -- Bibliography -- Index.