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Just war theory [electronic resource] / edited by Thom Brooks.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in moral philosophy (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 4.Publication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)ISBN:
  • 9789004242029
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Just war theoryDDC classification:
  • 172.42 23
Online resources:
Contents:
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\2013Target Definition
Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

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\2013Target Definition

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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