Debating humanitarian intervention: should we try to save strangers?

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, i...

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Main Authors: Tesón, Fernando R. 1950- (Author), Van der Vossen, Bas 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2017
Series:Debating ethics
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary: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
ISBN:9780190202934
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190202903.001.0001

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