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Sparing civilians / Seth Lazar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lazar, Seth, 1979- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilians in war--Moral and ethical aspects--20th century.
- Civilians in war.
- Combatants and noncombatants (International law)--21st century.
- Combatants and noncombatants (International law).
- Civilian war casualties.
- War victims.
- Military history, Modern.
- War--Moral and ethical aspects.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 158 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers
- Necessity
- Opportunistic and eliminative killing
- Risky killing
- Vulnerability and defenselessness
- Combatant non-immunity
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191781391
- 0-19-178139-8
- OCLC:
- 1336406375
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