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Killing Terrorists : A Moral and Legal Analysis / Anna Goppel.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ideen & ArgumentePublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110284423
  • 9783110277272
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Table of cases -- Table of treaties -- Table of UN documents -- Table of other materials -- Introduction -- Part I: Groundwork -- 1 Defining ‘targeted killing of terrorists’ -- 2 Case studies and aspects relevant for the assessment -- Part II: International Legal Justification -- 3 Human rights -- 4 Legal acts of war -- 5 National self-defence -- Part III: Moral Justification -- 6 The rationale for killing in war -- 7 Revenge and punishment -- 8 Consequences (i): Consequentialism as a general moral theory -- 9 Feindstrafrecht: Forfeiture of the right to life -- 10 Self-Defence: Limited forfeiture of the right to life -- 11 Consequences (ii): The situation-dependent justifying force of consequences -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Index
Summary: Targeted killing of terrorists has become an established practice in the fight against terrorism. The disturbing consequences of the practice and its increasing political and societal acceptance raise questions as to its justifiability and its place in counter-terrorism. Anna Goppel explores whether targeted killing of terrorists can be justified, both from a moral and an international legal perspective. She discusses moral and international legal limits to state use of lethal force and argues that the moral principles and the international legal regulations allow for the practice only in very specific, very rare, and rather hypothetical cases. The analysis is based on a thorough discussion of the human right to life, the laws and ethics of war, and the relevant moral and legal arguments. This makes it of particular interest to philosophers and legal theorists interested in terrorism, counter-terrorism, human rights, and the legitimacy of defensive state measures.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Table of cases -- Table of treaties -- Table of UN documents -- Table of other materials -- Introduction -- Part I: Groundwork -- 1 Defining ‘targeted killing of terrorists’ -- 2 Case studies and aspects relevant for the assessment -- Part II: International Legal Justification -- 3 Human rights -- 4 Legal acts of war -- 5 National self-defence -- Part III: Moral Justification -- 6 The rationale for killing in war -- 7 Revenge and punishment -- 8 Consequences (i): Consequentialism as a general moral theory -- 9 Feindstrafrecht: Forfeiture of the right to life -- 10 Self-Defence: Limited forfeiture of the right to life -- 11 Consequences (ii): The situation-dependent justifying force of consequences -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Index

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Targeted killing of terrorists has become an established practice in the fight against terrorism. The disturbing consequences of the practice and its increasing political and societal acceptance raise questions as to its justifiability and its place in counter-terrorism. Anna Goppel explores whether targeted killing of terrorists can be justified, both from a moral and an international legal perspective. She discusses moral and international legal limits to state use of lethal force and argues that the moral principles and the international legal regulations allow for the practice only in very specific, very rare, and rather hypothetical cases. The analysis is based on a thorough discussion of the human right to life, the laws and ethics of war, and the relevant moral and legal arguments. This makes it of particular interest to philosophers and legal theorists interested in terrorism, counter-terrorism, human rights, and the legitimacy of defensive state measures.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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