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Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force / Seumas Miller.

By: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]Description: x, 294 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190626143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780190626136 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Introduction -- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy -- Killing in self-defence -- Police officers, regular soldiers and normative institutional analysis -- Police use of lethal force -- Police use of lethal force and suicide bombers -- Military use of lethal force -- Civilian immunity -- Humanitarian armed intervention -- Targeted killing -- Autonomous weapons and moral responsibility -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy -- Killing in self-defence -- Police officers, regular soldiers and normative institutional analysis -- Police use of lethal force -- Police use of lethal force and suicide bombers -- Military use of lethal force -- Civilian immunity -- Humanitarian armed intervention -- Targeted killing -- Autonomous weapons and moral responsibility -- Conclusion.