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9781405173988

War, Torture and Terrorism Ethics and War in the 21st Century

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    9781405173988

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    140517398X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-10-29
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This collection by leading scholars represents state of the art writings on the ethics of war. Many of the most important and contested controversies in modern war receive comprehensive discussion: the practice of torture, terrorism, assassination and targeted killing, the bombing of civilians in war, humanitarian intervention, and the invasion of Iraq Analytical introduction provides a guide to recent developments in the ethics of war An excellent overview for general readers interested in the current debate and controversies over the ethics of war

Author Biography

David Rodin holds research posts at the University of Oxford and the Australian National University and is a leading expert in the ethics of war. His previous books include The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions and War and Self-Defense (2006), which received the APA Sharp Prize.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note
The Ethics of War: State of the Art
Luck, Evidence and War
Defending the Common Life: National-Defence After Rodin
Humanitarian Intervention: Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice
Iraq: A Morally Justified Resort to War
Moral Tragedies, Supreme Emergencies and National-Defence
Assassination and Targeted Killing: Law Enforcement, Execution or Self-Defence?
Torture ù The Case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz
Torture, Terrorism and the State: a Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument
Index
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