Killing bin Laden: A Moral Analysis
ISBN:
9781137440709
Auflage:
2014
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan US
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigte Staaten
Erscheinungsdatum:
26.09.2014
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
79
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Strawser examines several possible ethical justifications for the killing of Osama bin Laden and finds nearly all of them wanting. One, however, he argues is sound: that bin Laden was liable to be killed as a necessary and proportionate act of defensive harm on behalf of innocent people.
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Biografische Anmerkung
Dr. Bradley J. Strawser is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA, and Research Associate with Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict. He recently published Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate, a point-counterpoint style book on the ethics of drones.
