Debating targeted killing : counter-terrorism or extrajudicial execution? / Tamar Meisels and Jeremy Waldron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meisels, Tamar, author.

Waldron, Jeremy, author.

Series:

Debating ethics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Debating ethics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Targeted killing.

Targeted killing--Case studies.

Targeted killing--Moral and ethical aspects.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 309 pages).

Other Title:

Counter-terrorism or extrajudicial execution

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford university press, 2020.

Summary:

In this "for and against" book, Jeremy Waldron and Tamar Meisels defend competing positions on the legitimacy of targeted killing. The volume begins with a joint introduction, briefly setting out the terms of discussion, and presenting a short historical overview of the practice - i.e. what is targeted killing, and how has it been used in which conflicts and by whom. The debate opens with Meisels' defense of targeted killing as a legitimate and desirable defensive anti-terrorism strategy, in keeping with both just war theory and international law. Meisels unreservedly defends the named killing of irregular combatants, most notably terrorists, during armed conflict.

Contents:

Introduction / Tamar Meisels and Jeremy Waldron

For / Tamar Meisels

Against / Jeremy Waldron

Reply to Professor Waldron / Tamar Meisels

Reply to Professor Meisels / Jeremy Waldron.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 26, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-090695-2

0-19-090693-6