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    Targeted killings : law and morality in an asymmetrical world / edited by Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, Andrew Altman.

    • Title:Targeted killings : law and morality in an asymmetrical world / edited by Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, Andrew Altman.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Finkelstein, Claire Oakes.
      Ohlin, Jens David.
      Altman, Andrew, 1950-
    • Published/Created:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Targeted killing.
      Targeted killing--Moral and ethical aspects.
      War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Moral and ethical aspects.
      War--Moral and ethical aspects.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xx, 496 p. ; 25 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780199646470 (hbk.)
      0199646473 (hbk.)
      9780199646487 (pbk.)
      0199646481 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: I. CHANGING FACE OF WAR: TARGETING NON-COMBATANTS
      1. Rebutting the Civilian Presumption: Playing Whack-A-Mole Without a Mallet? / Colonel Mark "Max" Maxwell
      2. Targeting Co-belligerents / Jens David Ohlin
      3. Can Just War Theory Justify Targeted Killing? Three Possible Models / Daniel Statman
      4. Justifying Targeted Killing With a Neutral Principle? / Jeremy Waldron
      II. NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS: LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WAR?
      5. Targeted Killing: Murder, Combat or Law Enforcement? / Jeff McMahan
      6. Targeted Killing as Preemptive Action / Claire Finkelstein
      7. Privilege of Belligerency and Formal Declarations of War / Richard V. Meyer
      III. TARGETED KILLING AND SELF-DEFENSE
      8. Going Medieval: Targeted Killing, Self-Defense and the Jus ad Bellum Regime / Craig Martin
      9. Imminence in Justified Targeted Killing / Russell Christopher
      10. Defending Defensive Targeted Killings / Phillip Montague
      IV. EXERCISING JUDGMENT IN TARGETED KILLING DECISIONS
      11. Importance of Criteria-based Reasoning in Targeted Killing Decisions / Amos N. Guiora
      12. Are Targeted Killings Unlawful? A Case Study in Empirical Claims Without Empirical Evidence / Gregory S. McNeal
      13. Operation Neptune Spear: Was Killing Bin Laden a Legitimate Military Objective? / Kevin H. Govern
      14. Efficiency in Bello and ad Bellum: Making the Use of Force Too Easy? / Kenneth Anderson
      V. UTILITARIAN TRADE-OFFS AND DEONTOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS
      15. Targeted Killing in War and Peace: A Philosophical Analysis / Fernando R. Teson
      16. Targeted Killings and the Morality of Hard Choices / Michael S. Moore
      17. Targeted Killing and the Strategic Use of Self-Defense / Leo Katz.
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