Uwe Steinhoff

Gebundenes Buch

Self-Defense, Necessity, and Punishment

A Philosophical Analysis

Beschreibung

This book offers a philosophical analysis of self-defense. It covers a wide range of topics, including the nature of justification, the precise elements of different justifications, the logic of claim- and liberty-rights and of rights forfeiture, the value of human life and its limits, and the principles of reciprocity and precaution.

Autor

Uwe Steinhoff is Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of On the Ethics of War and Terrorism (2007), The Philosophy of Jürgen Habermas (2009), and On the Ethics of Torture (2013), and the editor of Do All Persons Have Equal Moral Worth? (2015).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 706g
• ISBN-13: 9780367407216
• ISBN-10: 0367407213
• Artikelnr.: 58055818