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Author Ripstein, Arthur, author.

Title Rules for wrongdoers : law, morality, war / Arthur Ripstein ; with commentaries by Oona A. Hathaway, Christopher Kutz, Jeff McMahan ; edited and introduced by Saira Mohamed
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 228 pages)
Series The Berkeley Tanner lectures
Berkeley Tanner lectures.
Contents Lecture I : rules for wrongdoers / Arthur Ripstein -- Lecture II : combatants and civilians / Arthur Ripstein -- The principle of distinction and the role of consent : a view from the law / Oona A. Hathaway -- The problem of perfidy and the failure of forms / Christopher Kutz -- The battle of the lexicons / Jeff McMahan -- War's distinctive immorality : a reply / Arthur Ripstein
Summary "Ripstein's lectures, which constitute the central texts of this book, focus on the two bodies of rules governing war: the jus ad bellum, which regulates resort to armed force, and the jus in bello, which sets forth rules governing the conduct of armed force and applies equally to all parties. The lectures argue that both sets of rules constitute prohibitions rather than permissions, and that recognizing them as distinctive prohibitions can reconcile the seeming tension between them. By understanding that the central wrong of war is that war is the condition which force decides, Ripstein contends that the law and morality of war are in fact aligned; the rules governing the conduct of hostilities must apply equally to parties in the right and parties in the wrong in an armed conflict, because the prohibitions outlined in the rules governing war are prohibitions that restrain war. Ripstein's method of analysis and the substantive argument he puts forward offer an opportunity for rigorous critical engagement in subsequent essays by commentators Hathaway, Kutz, and McMahan, followed by a response from Ripstein"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on June 25, 2021)
Subject War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Just war doctrine.
Military ethics.
Just war doctrine.
Military ethics.
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Form Electronic book
Author Hathaway, Oona Anne, writer of added commentary.
Kutz, Christopher, writer of added commentary.
McMahan, Jeff, writer of added commentary.
Mohamed, Saira, editor, writer of introduction.
LC no. 2020039431
ISBN 9780197554005
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