Terrorism and the Ethics of War

Name: Terrorism and the Ethics of War
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ISBN: 9780521137164

ISBN-10: 0521137160

ISBN-13: 9780521137164

Edition: 2010

Authors: Stephen Nathanson

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Terrorism: what's in a name?



The problem of defining terrorism



Defining terrorism



What makes terrorism wrong?



Innocence and discrimination



ï¿½Who dun itï¿½ definitions of terrorism


Conclusion: taking stock



Why Moral Condemnations of Terrorism Lack Credibility


Introduction: toward morally credible condemnations of terrorism



Why standard theories fail to condemn terrorism



Just war theory and the problem of collateral damage


Conclusion: categorical vs. conditional criticisms of terrorism



Defending Noncombatant Immunity


Introduction: the ethics of war-fighting: a spectrum of possible views



The realist challenge to the ethics of war



An ethic of war for reasonable realists



Walzer on noncombatant immunity as a human right



The supreme emergency exception



Rights theories, utilitarianism, and the killing of civilians



Immunity rights vs. the right of self-defense



A rule-utilitarian defense of noncombatant immunity



Why utilitarian criticisms of noncombatant immunity are mistaken



Is noncombatant immunity a ï¿½mereï¿½ convention?



How Much Immunity Should Noncombatants Have?


Introduction: the problem of collateral damage



The problem of collateral damage killings



The ethics of collateral damage killings


Conclusion: terrorism and the ethics of war


Bibliography


Index