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BL
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873375
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Walen, Alec
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| Title & Author
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The mechanics of claims and permissible killing in war /\ by Alec Walen.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2019.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0190872055
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: 9780190872052
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0190872047
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9780190872045
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Basic premises and method -- A theory of rights -- Putting the mechanics of claims in perspective -- Avoiding a misplaced emphasis on intentions -- Innocent threats versus innocent bystanders -- From innocent threats to innocently aiding unjust combatants -- Negative agent-claims and the agent-patient inference -- Intervening agency and the right of non-sacrifice -- Conclusions.
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| Abstract
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This book develops an alternative account of rights according to which rights forfeiture has a much smaller role to play because rights themselves are more contextually contingent. For example, those who threaten to cause harm without a right to do so have weaker claims not to be killed than innocent bystanders or those who have a right to threaten to cause harm. By framing rights as the output of a balance of competing claims, and by laying out a detailed account of how to balance competing claims, Walen provides a more coherent account of when killing in war is permissible.
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Self-defense (International law)-- Philosophy.
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Self-defense (Law)-- Philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- General.
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| Dewey Classification
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172/.42
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| LC Classification
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KZ4043W35 2019eb
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