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86Nuclear proliferation and nuclear entitlementEthics and International Affairs 9. 1995.In this essay Lee examines three questions:1) Is nuclear proliferation dangerous? Is it morally permissible for a state to acquire nuclear weapons? What are morally permissible actions for states trying to keep other states from acquiring nuclear weapons?
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97The 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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217Humanitarian intervention - eight theoriesDiametros 23 22-43. 2010.Much has been written about the ethics of humanitarian intervention in the past fifteen years. In this paper I discuss a variety of justifications that have been proposed (in fact, seven theories of justification), finding difficulties with each of them, and then I offer a theory of justification of my own. My approach to justification will differ from most of the earlier accounts in two ways. First, I begin the discussion of justification at a different point. Second, I seek to expand the tradi…Read more
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13Book Review: After War Ends: A Philosophical Perspective, written by Larry May (review)Journal of Moral Philosophy 12 (2): 251-253. 2015.
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |