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Sparing civilians / Seth Lazar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (x, 158 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0191781398
  • 9780191781391
  • 9780191022043
  • 0191022047
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sparing civilians.DDC classification:
  • 305.90695 23
LOC classification:
  • U22 .L39 2015eb
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Contents:
Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers -- Necessity -- Opportunistic and eliminative killing -- Risky killing -- Vulnerability and defenselessness -- Combatant non-immunity -- Epilogue.
Summary: Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar turns this tide and vindicates international law. He develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in the debate.
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Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar turns this tide and vindicates international law. He develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in the debate.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers -- Necessity -- Opportunistic and eliminative killing -- Risky killing -- Vulnerability and defenselessness -- Combatant non-immunity -- Epilogue.

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