Weighing Lives in War (Hardcover)

Jens David Ohlin, Larry May, Claire Finkelstein

Series: Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law

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The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war. The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law of war in three major categories. In so doing, the contributions will look for new and innovative approaches to understanding the process of weighing lives implicit in all theories of jus in bello: who counts in war, understanding proportionality, and weighing lives in asymmetric conflicts. These questions arise on multiple levels and require interdisciplinary consideration of both philosophical and legal themes.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law
Release date:	August 2017
Editors:	Jens David Ohlin (Professor of Law) • Larry May (W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Law, and Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University) • Claire Finkelstein (Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Director, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School)
Dimensions:	252 x 178 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-879617-6
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > International criminal law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-879617-X
Barcode:	9780198796176