Sparing Civilians
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Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law. He...
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Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law. He develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in the debate.
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Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. If any moral principle commands near universal assent, this one does. It is written into every major historical and religious tradition that has addressed armed conflict. It is uncompromisingly inscribed in international law. It underpins and informs public discussion of conflict--we always ask first how many civilians died? And it guides political practice, at least in liberal democracies, both in how we fight our wars and in which wars we fight. Few moral principles have been more widely and more viscerally affirmed than this one. And yet, in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Political and military leaders seeking to slip the constraints of the laws of war have cavilled and qualified. Their complaints have been unwittingly aided by philosophers who, rebuilding just war theory from its foundations, have concluded that this principle is at best a useful fiction. Sparing Civilians aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law, and the ruptured consensus. In doing so, Seth Lazar develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in normative ethics and political philosophy.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Sparing Civilians “
- 1: Killing Civilians Is Worse than Killing Soldiers
- 2: Necessity
- 3: Opportunistic and Eliminative Killing
- 4: Risky Killing
- 5: Vulnerability and Defencelessness
- 6: Combat Non-immunity
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Seth Lazar
Seth Lazar is a Senior Research Fellow at the RSSS School of Philosophy, at the Australian National University. He works on normative ethics and political philosophy, and has published articles on war, self-defence, and risk in journals such as Ethics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and Journal of Political Philosophy.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Seth Lazar
- 2015, 170 Seiten, Maße: 14,6 x 22,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198712987
- ISBN-13: 9780198712985
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
This is a hugely important book that will shape the debate on civilian immunity for years to come. David Rodin, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
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