How we fight : ethics in war /
How we fight : ethics in war /
edited by Helen Frowe and Gerald Lang.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 196 pages)
- Mind Association occasional series .
- Mind Association occasional series. .
These papers arose from a conference on just war theory held at the University of Sheffield in August 2010--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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.
9780191654381 (electronic bk.) 0191654388 (electronic bk.) 9780191751707 0191751707
War--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Peace--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
War (Philosophy)--Congresses.
Just war doctrine--Congresses.
Guerre--Aspect moral--Congrès.
Paix--Aspect moral--Congrès.
Guerre (Philosophie)--Congrès.
Guerre juste--Congrès.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
Just war doctrine.
Peace--Moral and ethical aspects.
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
War (Philosophy)
Krig--etik och moral.
Krigets lagar.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
U22 / .H69 2014eb
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These papers arose from a conference on just war theory held at the University of Sheffield in August 2010--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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.
9780191654381 (electronic bk.) 0191654388 (electronic bk.) 9780191751707 0191751707
War--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Peace--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
War (Philosophy)--Congresses.
Just war doctrine--Congresses.
Guerre--Aspect moral--Congrès.
Paix--Aspect moral--Congrès.
Guerre (Philosophie)--Congrès.
Guerre juste--Congrès.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
Just war doctrine.
Peace--Moral and ethical aspects.
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
War (Philosophy)
Krig--etik och moral.
Krigets lagar.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
U22 / .H69 2014eb
172.4 / 23