LEADER 04553nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910953595503321 005 20260203224123.0 010 $a0-19-960357-X 010 $a1-282-05336-1 010 $a9786612053368 010 $a0-19-156346-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747119 035 $a(EBL)431111 035 $a(OCoLC)326881624 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001038468 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12439184 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038468 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11049819 035 $a(PQKB)10099780 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187435 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187435 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10136337 035 $a(PQKB)10852683 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072819 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288476 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205336 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747119 100 $a20090302d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKilling in war /$fJeff McMahan 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford :$cClarendon Press ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) 225 1 $aUehiro series in practical ethics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-172104-2 311 08$a0-19-954866-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [236]-245) and index. 327 $aThe morality of participation in an unjust war -- The doctrine of the moral equality of combatants -- The traditional criterion of liability to attack in war -- Can unjust combatants satisfy the principles of Jus in Bello? -- The basis of moral liability to attack in war -- Arguments for the moral equality of combatants -- Justification and liability -- Consent -- The boxing match model of war -- The gladiatorial combat model of war -- Hypothetical consent -- The epistemic argument -- Institutions as sources of justification -- The duty to defer to the epistemic authority of the government -- The duty to sustain the efficient functioning of just institutions -- Fairness to fellow participants -- The collectivist approach to the morality of war -- Transferred responsibility -- Symmetrical disobedience -- Conscientious refusal -- Excuses -- Sources of allegiance to the moral equality of combatants -- The conflation of morality and law -- The conflation of permission and excuse -- Excusing conditions for unjust combatants -- Duress -- Epistemic limitation -- Diminished responsibility -- Skepticism about excusing unjust combatants -- Consistency -- Are unjust combatants excused by duress? -- Are unjust combatants excused by epistemic limitations? -- Liability and the limits of self-defense -- Different types of threat -- The relevance of excuses to killing in self-defense -- Culpable threats -- Partially excused threats -- Excused threats and innocent threats -- Nonresponsible threats -- Justified threats and just threats -- Liability to defensive attack -- The moral status of unjust combatants -- Liability and punishment -- The relevance of excuses to the distribution of risk -- Child soldiers -- Civilian immunity and civilian liability -- The moral and legal foundations of civilian immunity -- The possible bases of civilian liability -- Civilian liability to lesser and collateral harms -- Can civilians be liable to intentional military attack? -- Civilian liability and terrorism. 330 $aJeff McMahan urges us to reject the view, dominant throughout history, that mere participation in an unjust war is not wrong. He argues powerfully that combatants who fight for an unjust cause are acting wrongly and are themselves morally responsible for their actions. 410 0$aUehiro series in practical ethics. 606 $aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aCombat$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aMilitary ethics 606 $aConscientious objection 606 $aResponsibility 615 0$aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aCombat$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aMilitary ethics. 615 0$aConscientious objection. 615 0$aResponsibility. 676 $a172/.42 700 $aMcMahan$b Jeff$01890817 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953595503321 996 $aKilling in war$94533188 997 $aUNINA