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Weighing Lives in War

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The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war. The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law of war in three major
categories. In so doing, the contributions will look for new and innovative approaches to understanding the process of weighing lives implicit in all theories of jus in bello: who counts in war, understanding proportionality, and weighing lives in asymmetric conflicts. These questions arise on
multiple levels and require interdisciplinary consideration of both philosophical and legal themes.

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: October 10, 2017

ISBN: 0198796188

ISBN 13: 9780198796183

Weighing Lives in War

0/5 ( ratings)

The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war. The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law of war in three major
categories. In so doing, the contributions will look for new and innovative approaches to understanding the process of weighing lives implicit in all theories of jus in bello: who counts in war, understanding proportionality, and weighing lives in asymmetric conflicts. These questions arise on
multiple levels and require interdisciplinary consideration of both philosophical and legal themes.

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: October 10, 2017

ISBN: 0198796188

ISBN 13: 9780198796183

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