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Author:   Igor Primoratz ,  C.A.J. Coady ,  Professor Tom D. Campbell ,  Professor Seumas Miller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9780754624875

ISBN 10:   0754624870
Pages:   572
Publication Date:   14 November 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Part I Can War Be Morally Justified?: On the morality of war: a preliminary inquiry, Richard Wasserstrom; Just war and human rights, David Luban; When is a cause just?, Ian Holliday; Just cause for war, Jeff McMahan; Self-defense, pacifism, and the possibility of killing, Cheyney C. Ryan; Coerced moral agents? Individual responsibility for military service, David R. Mapel; Jus ad bellum and an officer's moral obligations: invincible ignorance, the Constitution, and Iraq, J. Joseph Miller; Objecting morally, C.A.J. Coady; Is patriotism a virtue?, Alasdair MacIntyre; Patriotism and war, John Somerville. Part II Moral Conduct in War: Utilitarianism and the rules of war, R.B. Brandt; Conventions and the morality of war, George I. Mavrodes; War and murder, G.E.M. Anscombe; War and massacre, Thomas Nagel; The killing of the innocent, Jeffrie G. Murphy; Civilian immunity in war, Igor Primoratz; Justification or excuse: saving soldiers at the expense of civilians, Paul Woodruff; Just war criteria and the new face of war: human shields, manufactured martyrs, and little boys with stones, Michael Skerker; Maintaining the protection of non-combatants, James Turner Johnson. Part III The Soldier's Ethics: 2 kinds of military responsibility, Michael Walzer; Prisoners of war: does the fight continue after the battle?, Michael Walzer; The soldier and the state: an analysis of Samuel Huntington's view on military obedience toward political authority, Carl Ceulemans and Guy van Damme; US civil military relations since 9/11: issues in ethics and policy development, Marybeth P. Ulrich and Martin L. Cook; Honor as a motive for making sacrifices, Peter Olsthoorn; Squaring the circle: teaching philosophical ethics in the military, J. Joseph Miller; Mercenary morality, C.A.J. Coady; The good mercenary?, Tony Lynch and A.J. Walsh; Killer robots, Robert Sparrow; Name index.

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Professor Anthony Coady is based at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne, Australia and Professor Igor Primoratz is based in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Richard Wasserstrom, David Luban, Ian Holliday, Jeff McMahan, Cheyney C. Ryan, David R. Mapel, J. Joseph Miller, C.A.J. Coady, Alasdair MacIntyre, John Somerville, R.B. Brandt, George I. Mavrodes, G.E.M. Anscombe, Thomas Nagel, Jeffrie G. Murphy, Igor Primoratz, Paul Woodruff, Michael Skerker, James Turner Johnson, Michael Walzer, Carl Ceulemans, Guy van Damme, Marybeth P. Ulrich, Martin L. Cook, Peter Olsthoorn, Tony Lynch, A.J. Walsh, Robert Sparrow.

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