The ethics of self-defense / Christian Coons and Michael Weber

Published:: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource
Additional Creators:: Coons, Christian and Weber, Michael

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Machine generated contents note: 1.The Ethics of Self-Defense: The Current Debate / Michael Weber -- 2.Recipe for a Theory of Self-Defense: The Ingredients, and Some Cooking Suggestions / Larry Alexander -- 3.The Moral-Responsibility Account of Liability to Defensive Killing / Michael Otsuka -- 4.Defensive Liability Without Culpability / Saba Bazargan -- 5.Defense of Self and Others Against Culpable Rights Violators / Peter Vallentyne -- 6.Causation, Culpability, and Liability / Victor Tadros -- 7.Self-Defense and Risks / Vera Bergelson -- 8.The Role of Necessity in Liability to Defensive Harm / Helen Frowe -- 9.Necessity and Proportionality in Defense / Kai Draper -- 10.The Limits of Self-Defense / Jeff Mcmahan -- 11.Against Liability: A Reasons-Based Account of Self-Defense / Michelle Madden Dempsey -- 12.Forfeiture and Self-Defense / Kimberly Kessler Ferzan -- 13.Stand Your Ground / Heidi M. Hurd -- 14.Necessity and Institutions in Self-Defense and War / Ian Fishback -- 15.Liability and the Ethics of War: A Response to Strawser and McMahan / Seth Lazar.

Summary:

The fifteen new essays collected in this volume address questions concerning the ethics of self-defense, most centrally when and to what extent the use of defensive force, especially lethal force, can be justified.

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9780190206116 (ebook)

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This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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