The Liability of Justified Attackers

McMahan argues that justification defeats liability to defensive attack (which would have far-reaching consequences for the ethics of war, in particular for the thesis of the moral equality of combatants). In response, I argue, first, that McMahan’s attempt to burden the contrary claim with counter-...

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Main Author: Steinhoff, Uwe 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 1015-1030
IxTheo Classification:NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Justified attackers
B Self-defense
B Liability
B Compensation
B War
B Justification
B Jeff McMahan
B Permissibility
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