UID:
edoccha_9960059827502883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
0-19-062616-X
,
0-19-062617-8
,
0-19-062615-1
Content:
In this work, philosopher Seumas Miller analyzes the various moral justifications and moral responsibilities involved in the use of lethal force by police and military, relying on a distinctive normative teleological account of institutional roles.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2016.
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Introduction -- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy -- Killing in self-defence -- Police officers, regular soldiers and normative institutional analysis -- Police use of lethal force -- Police use of lethal force and suicide bombers -- Military use of lethal force -- Civilian immunity -- Humanitarian armed intervention -- Targeted killing -- Autonomous weapons and moral responsibility -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-062613-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-062614-3
Language:
English
