Screen LibrarySelf-defense, necessity, and punishment : a philosophical analysis /
"This book offers a philosophical analysis of the moral and legal justifications for the use of force. While the book focuses on the ethics self-defense, it also explores its relation to lesser evil justifications, public authority, the justification of punishment, and the ethics of war. Steinh...
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge research in applied ethics ;
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| Summary: |
"This book offers a philosophical analysis of the moral and legal justifications for the use of force. While the book focuses on the ethics self-defense, it also explores its relation to lesser evil justifications, public authority, the justification of punishment, and the ethics of war. Steinhoff's account of the moral use of force covers a wide range of topics, including the nature of justification in general, the precise elements of different justifications, the logic of claim- and liberty-rights and of rights forfeiture, the value of human life and its limits, and the princples of recipr |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 369 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-362) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780367407216 0367407213 |
| Index Number: | BJ1459 |
| CLC: | B82-051 |
| Call Number: | B82-051/S822-1 |