Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force / Seumas Miller.

Author
Miller, Seumas [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
x, 294 pages ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy
    • Killing in self-defence
    • Police officers, regular soldiers and normative institutional analysis
    • Police use of lethal force
    • Police use of lethal force and suicide bombers
    • Military use of lethal force
    • Civilian immunity
    • Humanitarian armed intervention
    • Targeted killing
    • Autonomous weapons and moral responsibility
    • Conclusion.
    ISBN
    • 9780190626143 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190626143 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780190626136 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0190626135 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016010572
    OCLC
    946725982
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