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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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57Ethics 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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48The 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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34The Ethics of Current Drone PolicyInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 30 (1): 115-132. 2016.The subject of this paper is the ethics of the use of attack drones by a state. My concern is not the moral acceptability of drones as such, but rather that of current drone policy insofar as it involves the targeted killing of individuals in the “war on terror.” I seek to clarify and extend some of the arguments offered regarding the policy. Though this will involve some appeal to just war theory, my moral argument is broader than this. I conclude that there is a reasonably strong case that cur…Read more
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