Defensive killing : an essay on war and self-defence / Helen Frowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frowe, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-defense (Law).

Political ethics.

Just war doctrine.

Self-defense (Law)--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Essay on war and self-defence

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Helen Frowe offers a new account of when and why it is morally permissible for a person to use force to defend herself or others against harm. She explores the use of force between individuals before extending the enquiry to war, to argue that we should judge the ethics of killing in war by the moral rules that govern killing between individuals.

Contents:

Part I. Self-defence

Threats and bystanders

Killing innocent threats

Moral responsibility and liability to defensive harm

Liability and necessity

Part II. War

War and self-defence

Non-combatant liability

Non-combatant immunity

Implications and objections.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-105809-2

0-19-882245-6

0-19-176092-7

0-19-150245-6

OCLC:

893677949