F M Kamm

Moral Target

Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts comprises essays that discuss aspects of war and other conflicts in the light of nonconsequentialist ethical theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780190490638
• ISBN-10: 0190490632
• Artikelnr.: 47865365

Autorenporträt

F.M. Kamm is Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University. She is the author of Creation and Abortion; Mortality, Mortality, Vols. 1 and 2; Intricate Ethics; Ethics for Enemies: Terror, Torture, and War; Bioethical Prescriptions; and The Trolley Problem Mysteries

Inhaltsangabe

* INTRODUCTION
* CHAPTER 1 MAKING WAR AND ITS CONTINUATION UNJUST
* CHAPTER 2 CONDUCT IN WAR: JUSTIFICATIONS FOR KILLING NONCOMBATANTS IN
WAR
* CHAPTER 3 CONDUCT IN WAR: FAILURES OF JUST WAR THEORY
* CHAPTER 4 CONDUCT IN WAR: THE MORALITY OF KILLING IN WAR
* CHAPTER 5 COLLABORATION AND WITH THE ENEMY: HARMING SOME TO SAVE
OTHERS FROM THE NAZIS
* CHAPTER 6 POST CONFLICT: MORAL IMPROVISATION AND NEW OBLIGATIONS: THE
CASE OF TRUTH COMMISSIONS
* CHAPTER 7 POST CONFLICT: JUS POST BELL0, PROPORTIONALITY, AND
REHABILITATION
* CHAPTER 8 TERRORISM AND SEVERAL MORAL DISTINCTIONS
* CHAPTER 9 SELF DEFENSE, RESISTANCE, AND SUICIDE: THE TALIBAN WOMEN
* CHAPTER 10 NUCLEAR DETERRENCE AND NONCOMBATANTS