War Torture Terror

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7398-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

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

Zielgruppe

undergraduates and scholars in philosophy, ethics, international relations, military studies and religion, general audiences

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodin, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors vii

1 Introduction 1

The Ethics of War: State of the Art
David Rodin

2 Luck, Evidence and War 7
Rob Lawlor

3 Defending the Common Life: National-Defense After Rodin 19
Deane-Peter Baker

4 Humanitarian Intervention: Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice 35
Gillian Brock

5 Iraq: A Morally Justified Resort to War 51
David Mellow

6 Moral Tragedies, Supreme Emergencies and National-Defense 71
Daniel Statman

7 Assassination and Targeted Killing: Law Enforcement, Execution of Self-Defense? 83
Michael L. Gross

8 Torture – The Case for Dirty Harry and Against Alan Dershowitz 97
Uwe Steinhoff

9 Torture, Terrorism and the State: a Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument 115
Vittorio Bufacchi and Jean Maria Arrigo

Index 133

Über Autor(innen)

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. He has worked as a teacher and consultant for NATO, the European Science Foundation, UNESCO and the British Military.