Liability and Narrowly Targeted Wars

Targeted killings have traditionally been viewed as a dirty tactic, even within war. However, I argue that just combatants actually have a prima facie duty to use targeted strikes against military and political leadership rather than conventional methods of fighting. This is because the leaders of a...

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Main Author: Gunasekera, Crystal Allen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 209-223
RelBib Classification:NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Killing
B Liability
B Assassination
B War
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