The Resource Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force, Seumas Miller
Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force, Seumas Miller
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- Summary
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- In this book, philosopher Seumas Miller analyzes the various moral justifications and moral responsibilities involved in the use of lethal force by police and military, relying on a distinctive normative teleological account of institutional roles. Miller covers a variety of urgent and morally complex topics, including police shootings of armed offenders, police shooting of suicide-bombers, targeted killing, autonomous weapons, humanitarian armed intervention, and civilian immunity. -- Provided by publisher
- Terrorism, the use of military force in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and the fatal police shootings of unarmed persons have all contributed to renewed interest in the ethics of police and military use of lethal force and its moral justification. In this book, philosopher Seumas Miller analyzes the various moral justifications and moral responsibilities involved in the use of lethal force by police and military combatants, relying on a distinctive normative teleological account of institutional roles. His conception constitutes a novel alternative to prevailing reductive individualist and collectivist accounts. As Miller argues, police and military uses of lethal force are morally justified in part by recourse to fundamental natural moral rights and obligations, especially the right to personal self-defense and the moral obligation to defend the lives of innocent others. Yet the moral justification for police and military use of lethal force is to some extent role-specific. Both police officers and military combatants evidently have an institutionally-based moral duty to put themselves in harm's way to protect others. Under some circumstances, however, police have an institutionally based moral duty to use lethal force to uphold the law; and military combatants have an institutionally based moral duty to use lethal force to win wars. Two key notions in play are joint action and the natural right to self-defense. Miller uses a relational individualist theory of joint actions to construct the notion of multi-layered structures of joint action in order to explicate organizational action. He also provides a novel theory of justifiable killing in self-defense. Over the course of his book, Miller covers a variety of urgent topics, such as police shootings of armed offenders, police shooting of suicide-bombers, targeted killing, autonomous weapons, humanitarian armed intervention, and civilian immunity. -- Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 294 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy
- Killing in self-defense
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780190626136
- Label
- Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force
- Title
- Shooting to kill
- Title remainder
- the ethics of police and military use of lethal force
- Statement of responsibility
- Seumas Miller
- Subject
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- Gewalt
- Legitimität
- Military ethics
- Militär
- National security -- Moral and ethical aspects
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Combat -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Police ethics
- Police shootings -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Polizei
- Public safety -- Moral and ethical aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Tötung
- PHILOSOPHY / Social
- Ethik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- In this book, philosopher Seumas Miller analyzes the various moral justifications and moral responsibilities involved in the use of lethal force by police and military, relying on a distinctive normative teleological account of institutional roles. Miller covers a variety of urgent and morally complex topics, including police shootings of armed offenders, police shooting of suicide-bombers, targeted killing, autonomous weapons, humanitarian armed intervention, and civilian immunity. -- Provided by publisher
- Terrorism, the use of military force in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and the fatal police shootings of unarmed persons have all contributed to renewed interest in the ethics of police and military use of lethal force and its moral justification. In this book, philosopher Seumas Miller analyzes the various moral justifications and moral responsibilities involved in the use of lethal force by police and military combatants, relying on a distinctive normative teleological account of institutional roles. His conception constitutes a novel alternative to prevailing reductive individualist and collectivist accounts. As Miller argues, police and military uses of lethal force are morally justified in part by recourse to fundamental natural moral rights and obligations, especially the right to personal self-defense and the moral obligation to defend the lives of innocent others. Yet the moral justification for police and military use of lethal force is to some extent role-specific. Both police officers and military combatants evidently have an institutionally-based moral duty to put themselves in harm's way to protect others. Under some circumstances, however, police have an institutionally based moral duty to use lethal force to uphold the law; and military combatants have an institutionally based moral duty to use lethal force to win wars. Two key notions in play are joint action and the natural right to self-defense. Miller uses a relational individualist theory of joint actions to construct the notion of multi-layered structures of joint action in order to explicate organizational action. He also provides a novel theory of justifiable killing in self-defense. Over the course of his book, Miller covers a variety of urgent topics, such as police shootings of armed offenders, police shooting of suicide-bombers, targeted killing, autonomous weapons, humanitarian armed intervention, and civilian immunity. -- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Seumas
- Dewey number
- 172/.2
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV7924
- LC item number
- .M553 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Police ethics
- Military ethics
- Police shootings
- Combat
- Public safety
- National security
- Tötung
- Gewalt
- Polizei
- Militär
- Ethik
- Legitimität
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- PHILOSOPHY / Social
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Label
- Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force, Seumas Miller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy -- Killing in self-defense -- 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
- Control code
- 946725982
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190626136
- Lccn
- 2016010572
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946725982
- Label
- Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force, Seumas Miller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy -- Killing in self-defense -- 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
- Control code
- 946725982
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 294 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190626136
- Lccn
- 2016010572
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)946725982
Subject
- Gewalt
- Legitimität
- Military ethics
- Militär
- National security -- Moral and ethical aspects
- PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Combat -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Police ethics
- Police shootings -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Polizei
- Public safety -- Moral and ethical aspects
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Tötung
- PHILOSOPHY / Social
- Ethik
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