Debating humanitarian intervention : should we try to save strangers? /

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The work offers contrasting views of humanitarian intervention-a war aimed at ending tyranny or violence. Fernando Tesón argues that humanitarian interventions are sometimes permissible; Bas van der Vossen argues that as a rule they are not. The authors use the tools of modern analytic philosophy,...

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Should we try to save strangers?
Hauptverfasser:
Tesón, Fernando R., Van der Vossen, Bas
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Zusammenfassung:
The work offers contrasting views of humanitarian intervention-a war aimed at ending tyranny or violence. Fernando Tesón argues that humanitarian interventions are sometimes permissible; Bas van der Vossen argues that as a rule they are not. The authors use the tools of modern analytic philosophy, in particular just war theory, to substantiate their claims.
Umfang:
1 online resource (vi, 280 pages)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-020293-9
Schlagworte:
Humanitarian intervention > Philosophy.
Humanitarian intervention > Moral and ethical aspects.
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