Killing in War (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199548668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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NC said Defending common sense when it's not so common. This is an excellent book on just war theory or the ethics of war. It touches on all major aspects of the current debates within the morality of war both the morality of going to war (jus ad bellum) and conduct in war (jus in bello). The major thesis is one that I don't find all that surprising but it maybe surprising to many others: that unjust combatants don't have the same moral s. Ben said Thorough, readable, creative, and well argued. Jeff McMahan challenges the reigning orthodoxies regarding the morality of killing in war. One of his main theses, for example, is that (usually) it is not permissible for combatants fighting without a just cause to attack combatants fighting with a just cause -- unjust combatants who do otherwise violate the rights of just combatants. The book is engaging, thorough, readable, creati. KEVIN BUTON said Five Stars. NTR
He works primarily in ethics and political philosophy, and occasionally in metaphysics and legal theory.. Jeff McMahan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University
His conclusions might make many readers uncomfortable, but he arrives at them on the basis of moral considerations that otherwise are not particularly controversial. With persuasive arguments, lucidly stated, McMahan mounts a devastating critique of centuries-old orthodoxies. His conclusions might make many readers uncomfortable, but he arrives at them on the basis of moral considerations that otherwise are not particularly controversial. Killing in War is a provocative contribution to contemporary philosophy and military ethics." --The Journal of Politics McMahan's outstanding and readable book Killing in
Does morality become more permissive in a state of war? Jeff McMahan argues that conditions in war make no difference to what morality permits and the justifications for killing people are the same in war as they are in other contexts, such as individual self-defence. Killing a person is in general among the most seriously wrongful forms of action, yet most of us accept that it can be permissible to kill people on a large scale in war. This view is radically at odds with the traditional theory of the just war and has implications that challenge common sense views. McMahan argues, for example, that it is wrong to fight in a war that is unjust because it lacks a just cause.