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81Is Public Philosophy Possible?International Journal of Applied Philosophy 22 (1): 13-18. 2008.Do philosophers have an obligation to public philosophy, that is, do they owe the pubic an effort to explain their work in a form that the public can understand and make use of? A prior question is whether public philosophy is possible, and this question is open because the role of the public philosopher may not be a possible role in our society. In Plato’s view, public philosophy was not possible in a democracy, as the only role for public philosophy was in a society in which philosophers were …Read more
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14Review of Igor Primoratz (ed.), Civilian Immunity in War (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2008 (6). 2008.
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91Ethics and War: An IntroductionCambridge University Press. 2011.What are the ethical principles underpinning the idea of a just war and how should they be adapted to changing social and military circumstances? In this book, Steven P. Lee presents the basic principles of just war theory, showing how they evolved historically and how they are applied today in global relations. He examines the role of state sovereignty and individual human rights in the moral foundations of just war theory and discusses a wide range of topics including humanitarian intervention…Read more
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47The Who and the Why of Humanitarian InterventionCriminal Justice Ethics 30 (3): 302-308. 2011.James Pattison, Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect: Who Should Intervene?, 284 + viii pp. Humanitarian intervention is a state's...
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16Morality, Prudence, and Nuclear WeaponsCambridge University Press. 1993.With the passing of the Cold War, a chapter in the history of nuclear deterrence has come to an end. Nuclear weapons remain, however, and nuclear deterrence will again be practiced. Rather than simply assume that the policy of deterrence has worked we need to learn the proper lessons from history in order to ensure that its mistakes are not repeated. Professor Lee furnishes us with the kind of analysis that will enable us to learn those lessons. This 1993 book is the first post-Cold War assessme…Read more
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