Electronic Resource
Berkeley, Calif.
:
Berkeley Electronic Press (now: De Gruyter)
Theoretical inquiries in law
5.2004, 1, art7
ISSN:
1565-1509
Source:
Berkeley Electronic Press Academic Journals
Topics:
Law
Notes:
The purpose of this paper is to provide a philosophical defense for targeted killings in the wars against terror. The paper argues that if one accepts the moral legitimacy of the large-scale killing of combatants in conventional (what are soon to be called "old-fashioned")wars, one cannot object - on moral grounds - to the targeted killing of terrorists in wars against terror. If one rejects this legitimacy, one must object to all killing in war, targeted and non-targeted alike, and thus not support the view, which is criticized here, that targeted killings are particularly disturbing from a moral point of view.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.bepress.com/til/default/vol5/iss1/art7
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