Weighing Lives In War (Ethics, National Security, And The Rule Of Law) - 9780198796183

The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war. The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law of war in three major categories. In so doing, the contributions will look for new and innovative approaches to understanding the process of weighing lives implicit in all theories of jus in bello: who counts in war, understanding proportionality, and weighing lives in asymmetric conflicts. These questions arise on multiple levels and require interdisciplinary consideration of both philosophical and legal themes.

• | Author: Jens David Ohlin, Claire Finkelstein, Larry May
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0198796188
• | ISBN-13: 9780198796183