Accountability for Killing - Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America s Post 9;11

Zusatztext Focusing on the issue of foreseeable systemic collateral damage that most Just War theorists neglect, Crawford combines organization theory and moral theory to develop a perceptive and promising account of military organizations as imperfect moral agents. Informationen zum Autor Neta Crawford is Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, Boston University, and author of Argument and Change in World Politics (Cambridge, 2002; winner of the 2003 Robert Jervis and Paul Schroeder Best Book Award, International History and Politics section of the APSA) Klappentext A sophisticated and intellectually powerful analysis of culpability and moral responsibility in war, This book focuses on the causes of many episodes of foreseeable collateral damage. Trenchant, original, and ranging across security studies, international law, ethics, and international relations, Accountability for Killing will reshape our understanding of the ethics of contemporary war. Zusammenfassung A sophisticated and intellectually powerful analysis of culpability and moral responsibility in war, This book focuses on the causes of many episodes of foreseeable collateral damage. Trenchant, original, and ranging across security studies, international law, ethics, and international relations, Accountability for Killing will reshape our understanding of the ethics of contemporary war. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. GRAMMAR AND VOCUBULARY ; 2. HOW THEY DIE ; 3. NORMS IN TENSION ; 4. WHEN SOLDIERS SNAP ; 5. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY ; 6. ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ; 7. POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY ; 8. PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY ; 9. CONCLUSION

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1. Grammar and Vocubulary


• 2. How They Die


• 3. Norms in Tension


• 4. When Soldiers Snap


• 5. Command Responsibility


• 6. Organizational Responsibility


• 7. Political Responsibility


• 8. Public Responsibility


• 9. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Crawford, Neta Crawford, Neta C. Crawford, Neta C. (Professor of Political Science Crawford, Crawford Neta C.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2013
• EAN: 9780199981724
• ISBN: 978-0-19-998172-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Politics / Current Events, International Relations, Human rights, civil rights