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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154287003321

Titolo

The ethics of self-defense / / Christian Coons and Michael Weber [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-020611-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

179.7

Soggetti

Violence - Moral and ethical aspects

Self-defense - Moral and ethical aspects

Double effect (Ethics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The fifteen new essays collected in this volume address questions concerning the ethics of self-defense, most centrally when and to what extent the use of defensive force, especially lethal force, can be justified.