Terrorism and the Right to Resist :

Finlay, Christopher J.

Terrorism and the Right to Resist : A Theory of Just Revolutionary War. - 1 online resource (356 pages)

Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Revolutions armed and unarmed -- 1.2 Armed resistance and the concept of terrorism -- 1.3 Outline of the argument -- Part I Theory and principles -- 2 Justice, oppression, and the right to resist -- 2.1 A right to resist -- 2.2 Oppression and the objects of resistance -- 2.3 Human rights and 'the revolutionary stance' -- 2.4 From human rights to the right to resist -- 2.5 Self-determination and social justice as goals of rightful resistance -- 2.6 Justice and the duty to resist -- 2.7 Conclusion: resistance to oppression as a right -- 3 Rights worth killing for -- 3.1 The problem of narrow proportionality -- 3.2 Three possible responses -- 3.3 Political oppression and conditional threats -- 3.4 Two qualifications -- 3.5 Contexts for rightful armed resistance -- 4 The codes of resistance -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The jus in bello -- 4.3 Limits of the Standard jus in bello -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 Rights worth dying for: Distributing the costs of resistance -- 5.1 The jus ad bellum and the in bello codes -- 5.2 Necessity, success, and proportionality -- 5.3 Ad bellum proportionality: balancing innocent casualties -- 5.4 Combatants, friendly and unfriendly -- 5.5 Non-combatant non-beneficiaries -- 5.6 Non-combatant beneficiaries: offsetting innocent casualties -- 5.7 The proportionality of resistance -- 5.8 The proportionality paradox -- Part II Wars of liberation: Fighting within the Standard JIB -- 6 Non-state groups and the authority to wage war -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Defending individuals from attack -- 6.3 Legitimate authority and the Standard JIB -- 6.4 Legitimate authority and non-state groups -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 7 Guerrilla war, discrimination, and the problem of lawful irregulars -- 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Discrimination and the legal liability of just combatants -- 7.3 Just determinations of discrimination -- 7.4 Discrimination and the rights of irregular combatants -- 7.5 Conclusion -- Part III Fighting beyond the law of war -- 8 The Partisan jus in bello: Resistance beyond the laws of war -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Partisan JIB -- 8.3 Viewpoints on asymmetric war -- 8.4 The Standard JIB versus the Partisan JIB -- 8.5 Conclusions -- 9 Terrorist war -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 A 'logical choice' -- 9.3 The moral wrong(s) of terrorism -- 9.4 Models for all-things-considered justification (A): proportionality -- 9.5 Models for all-things-considered justification (B): fairness -- 9.6 The Terrorist JIB -- 10 Back to the start: The ethics of beginning -- 10.1 As if from nowhere -- 10.2 Revolutionary strategy -- 10.3 The moral dimensions of revolutionary entrepreneurship -- 10.4 Conclusion: proportionality and overwhelmingly violent regimes -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

A systematic account of the right to resist oppression and of the forms of armed force it can justify.


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