On the Ethics of War and Terrorism - Steinhoff, Uwe
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Explains the basic tenets of just war theory and gives a critical account of its status and of the controversial debates surrounding it. This work argues that every single individual is a legitimate authority and has under certain circumstances the right to declare war on others or the state.
When can resorting to war be justified, and when not? Who is a legitimate target of attack, who is not - and why? Answering these questions, Uwe Steinhoff gives a succinct, precise and highly critical account of the present status of just war theory and of the most important and controversial current debates surrounding it.…mehr

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Explains the basic tenets of just war theory and gives a critical account of its status and of the controversial debates surrounding it. This work argues that every single individual is a legitimate authority and has under certain circumstances the right to declare war on others or the state.
When can resorting to war be justified, and when not? Who is a legitimate target of attack, who is not - and why? Answering these questions, Uwe Steinhoff gives a succinct, precise and highly critical account of the present status of just war theory and of the most important and controversial current debates surrounding it.
Autorenporträt
Uwe Steinhoff, studied philosophy, psychology and politics in Frankfurt a.M., Berlin and Würzburg. He is the author of Kritik der kommunikativen Rationalität: Eine Darstellung und Kritik der kommunikationstheoretischen Philosophie von Jürgen Habermas und Karl-Otto Apel and of Effiziente Ethik: Über Rationalität, Selbsterschaffung, Politik und Postmoderne as well as of articles on ethics, political philosophy, epistemology and postmodernism. He is is a Research Associate in the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War and an Affiliated Researcher at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.