The bounds of defense : killing, moral responsibility, and war /

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Author / Creator:Strawser, Bradley Jay, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Language:English
Series:Oxford scholarship online
Oxford scholarship online.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13502910
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ISBN:9780190692544 No price
Notes:Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 21, 2023).
Summary:Most people believe that killing someone, while generally morally wrong, can in some cases be a permissible act. Most people similarly believe that war, while awful, can be justified. Bradley Jay Strawser here addresses both subjects as equal parts in a larger meditation on the ethics of harm and moral responsibility - whether in war collectively or in individual self-defense - and whatever it is that lies in between. Strawser sets out by examining the moral justification for individual defensive killing and then tests its application to collective war as a natural outgrowth of the former.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version : 9780190692513