Rodin

War Torture Terror

Ed. by David Rodin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The ethics of war is facing a profound and rapid transformation. A post-9/11 environment has generated many extraordinary changes domestically and abroad. The prosecution of the "war on terror"; the prominance of "asymmetric war" in combat operations; as well as a trend towards preventive wars, forcible regime change, detention without trial - and even torture, have placed legal institutions and ethical concepts under more strain than they have faced in over a generation.

This collection of original essays represents the "state of the art" of this topical and contested issue. Leading international scholars provide insightful and provocative analyses of some of the central moral problems of modern war. Under what circumstances is intervention in another state permissible? Is assassination a permissible tactic in war? Is there ever a justification for killing the innocent or torture?

This comprehensive book is accessible on many levels: as an excellent undergraduateteaching text, as required reading for scholars of military ethics, and as an introduction for non-experts to the modern debate on the ethics of war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781405173988
• ISBN-10: 140517398X
• Artikelnr.: 22953394

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Editorial Note: Suzanne Uniacke. 1. The Ethics of War: State of the Art:
David Rodin. 2. Luck, Evidence and War: ROB LAWLOR. 3. Defending the Common
Life: National-Defence After Rodin: Deane-Peter Baker. 4. Humanitarian
Intervention: Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Gillian Brock.
5. Iraq: A Morally Justified Resort to War: David Mellow. 6. Moral
Tragedies, Supreme Emergencies and National-Defence: Daniel Statman. 7.
Assassination and Targeted Killing: Law Enforcement, Execution or
Self-Defence?: Michael L. Gross. 8. Torture -- The Case for Dirty Harry and
against Alan Dershowitz: Uwe Steinhoff. 9. Torture, Terrorism and the
State: a Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument: Vittorio Bufacchi and
Jean Maria Arrigo. Index.

Rezensionen

"The authors took obvious care to set out their arguments in as clear a fashion as possible. They are not the kind of philosophers who populate indecipherably intricate sentences with legions of exotic terms. Rather, they practice the disciplined use of facts, ethical theories, legal literature, and even a degree of common sense to arrive at a better understanding of genuinely vital issues. War, Torture and Terrorism could easily be adapted for use in undergraduate philosophy courses. More importantly, it should be warmly welcomed by those members of the lay public who are interested in thinking beyond the limits of sound-bite rhetoric and five hundred word opeds." ( Metapsychology , December 2008)