| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 196 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Mind Association occasional series
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Mind Association occasional series.
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| Note |
These papers arose from a conference on just war theory held at the University of Sheffield in August 2010--Acknowledgements. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; How We Fight; MIND ASSOCIATION OCCASIONAL SERIES; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Varieties of Contingent Pacifism in War; 2 Punitive War; 3 Why Not Forfeiture?; 4 Self-Defence, Just War, and a Reasonable Prospect of Success*; 5 Self-Defense, Resistance, and Suicide; 6 Are Justified Aggressors a Threat to the Rights Theory of Self-Defense?*; 7 Self-Defense Against Justified Threateners; 8 Just War Theory, Intentions, and the Deliberative Perspective Objection; 9 Risking and Protecting Lives Soldiers and Opposing Civilians |
| Summary |
How We Fight: Ethics in War contains ten groundbreaking essays by some of the leading philosophers of war. The essays offer new perspectives on key debates including pacifism, punitive justifications for war, the distribution of risk between combatants and non-combatants, the structure of 'just war theory', and bases of individual liability in war. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses.
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Peace -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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War (Philosophy) -- Congresses.
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War (Philosophy) |
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Just war doctrine -- Congresses.
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Just war doctrine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Frowe, Helen, editor.
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Lang, Gerald R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: How we fight. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014 9780199673438 (OCoLC)861675356 |
| ISBN |
9780191654381 (electronic book) |
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0191654388 (electronic book) |
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9780191751707 |
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0191751707 |
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9780199673438 |
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0199673438 |
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