Ethics and the Laws of War: The Moral Justification of Legal Norms

by Antony Lamb

Book Overview

This book is an examination of the permissions, prohibitions and obligations found in just war theory, and the moral grounds for laws concerning war.

Pronouncing an action or course of actions to be prohibited, permitted or obligatory by just war theory does not thereby establish the moral grounds of that prohibition, permission or obligation; nor does such a pronouncement have sufficient persuasive force to govern actions in the public...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138856312
• ISBN13: 9781138856318
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"