The Bounds of Defense: Killing, Moral Responsibility, and War

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Bradley Jay Strawser (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Naval Postgraduate School)

The Bounds of Defense

Killing, Moral Responsibility, and War

Bradley Jay Strawser (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Naval Postgraduate School)

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Oxford University Press Inc
21 June 2023

Ethics & moral philosophy; Military administration; Other warfare & defence issues; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law

Most people believe that killing someone, while generally morally wrong, can in some cases be a permissible act. Most people similarly believe that war, while awful, can be justified. Bradley Jay Strawser examines a set of related moral issues in war: when it is permissible to kill in defense of others; what moral responsibility would be required to be liable for such defensive killing; how that permission can extend to whole groups of people; and, lastly, what values undergird the permissibility of that defense, such as individual autonomy. Strawser argues for a rights-based account of permissible defensive harm and an 'evidence-relative' basis for the holding those responsible. His view is that in order to be properly responsible for an unjust harm to be justifiably killed, one must act wrongly according to the evidence available to them. Extending this view, Strawser explores how such a rights-based model can make sense of the wide-spread destructive harms of war. He endorses a revisionist approach to just war theory and argues in its defense; and he also shows how his evidence-relative account supports revisionist just war theory by better grounding it in the real world of modern warfare. Lastly, he offers a new proposal for how targeting in war could better align with respect for the rights of individual persons, and demonstrate how revisionist just war theory-and any rights-respecting just war account more broadly-could conceivably work in practical ways.

By: Bradley Jay Strawser (Associate Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy Naval Postgraduate School)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 163mm, Width: 238mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 572g
ISBN: 9780190692513
ISBN 10: 0190692510
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 21 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Outline Chapter 1: Permissible Defensive Harm & Liability Chapter 2: The Evidence-Relative View of Liability Attribution Chapter 3: The Evidence-Relative View and Intricate Symmetries Chapter 4: A Defense of Revisionist Just War Theory Chapter 5: A New Proposal for Liability in War Chapter 6: The Puzzle of Benevolent Aggression Chapter 7: Towards a New Liberal Theory of Just War Chapter 8: Conclusion - Answering Calvin Appendix A: List of Cases in Order of Appearance Bibliography

Bradley Jay Strawser is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. Previously he has held positions at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC), The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership in Annapolis, MD, the University of Connecticut, and the US Air Force Academy. His most recent books are Outsourcing Duty: The Moral Exploitation of the American Soldier (OUP) and Who Should Die? The Ethics of Killing in War (OUP).