War, torture and terrorism : ethics and war in the 21st century / edited by David Rodin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.Description: 139 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 140517398X (pbk. : alk. paper
  • 9781405173988 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172.42 22 R617w
LOC classification:
  • U22 .W363 2007
Other classification:
  • 89.76
Online resources:
Contents:
The ethics of war : state of the art / David Rodin -- Luck, evidence and war / Rob Lawlor -- Defending the common life : national-defence after Rodin / Deane-Peter Baker -- Humanitarian intervention : closing the gap between theory and practice / Gillian Brock -- Iraq : a morally justified resort to war / David Mellow -- Moral tragedies, supreme emergencies and national-defence / Daniel Statman -- Assassination and targeted killing : law enforcement, execution, or self-defence? / Michael L. Gross -- Torture : the case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz / Uwe Gteinhoff -- Torture, terrorism and the state : a refutation of the ticking-bomb argument / Vittorio Bufacchi and Jean Maria Arrigo.

"First published as Volume 23, Issue 3 of the Journal of Applied Psychology"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ethics of war : state of the art / David Rodin -- Luck, evidence and war / Rob Lawlor -- Defending the common life : national-defence after Rodin / Deane-Peter Baker -- Humanitarian intervention : closing the gap between theory and practice / Gillian Brock -- Iraq : a morally justified resort to war / David Mellow -- Moral tragedies, supreme emergencies and national-defence / Daniel Statman -- Assassination and targeted killing : law enforcement, execution, or self-defence? / Michael L. Gross -- Torture : the case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz / Uwe Gteinhoff -- Torture, terrorism and the state : a refutation of the ticking-bomb argument / Vittorio Bufacchi and Jean Maria Arrigo.

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