The Mechanics Of Claims And Permissible Killing In War
Alec D. Walen
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The Mechanics Of Claims And Permissible Killing In War
This book develops an alternative account of rights according to which rights forfeiture has a much smaller role to play because rights themselves are more contextually contingent. For example, those who threaten to cause harm without a right to do so have weaker claims not to be killed than innocent bystanders or those who have a right to threaten to cause harm. By framing rights as the output of a balance of competing claims, and by laying out a detailed account...
This book develops an alternative account of rights according to which rights forfeiture has a much smaller role to play because rights themselves are more contextually contingent. For example, those who threaten to cause harm without a right to do so have weaker claims not to be killed than innocent bystanders or those who have a right to threaten to cause harm. By framing rights as the output of a balance of competing claims, and by laying out a detailed account...
The Mechanics Of Claims And Permissible Killing In War
Resumo
The Mechanics Of Claims And Permissible Killing In War
This book develops an alternative account of rights according to which rights forfeiture has a much smaller role to play because rights themselves are more contextually contingent. For example, those who threaten to cause harm without a right to do so have weaker claims not to be killed than innocent bystanders or those who have a right to threaten to cause harm. By framing rights as the output of a balance of competing claims, and by laying out a detailed account ofhow to balance competing claims, Walen provides a more coherent account of when killing in war is permissible.
Nº de Páginas: 264
Encadernação: Capa Dura / Hardback
Tema: Ethics & moral philosophy
This book develops an alternative account of rights according to which rights forfeiture has a much smaller role to play because rights themselves are more contextually contingent. For example, those who threaten to cause harm without a right to do so have weaker claims not to be killed than innocent bystanders or those who have a right to threaten to cause harm. By framing rights as the output of a balance of competing claims, and by laying out a detailed account ofhow to balance competing claims, Walen provides a more coherent account of when killing in war is permissible.
Nº de Páginas: 264
Encadernação: Capa Dura / Hardback
Tema: Ethics & moral philosophy
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Oxford University Press Inc
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Inglês
- Número de páginas
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264,0
- Peso
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498,0
- Data de lançamento
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09/05/2019
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Ethics & moral philosophy
- EAN
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9780190872045
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