Protecting civilians during violent conflict
Subtitle: theoretical and practical issues for the 21st century
By: edited by David W. Lovell and Igor Primoratz
Series: Military and defence ethics
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781409431251; 9781409431268
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Protection of civilians; War; Legal status, laws; War victims
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Protecting civilians during violent conflict / David Lovell; title: Are attacks on civilians always wrong? / Stephen Nathanson; title: Civilian immunity as an almost absolute moral rule / Igor Primoratz; title: Collateral damage : intending evil and doing evil / Dean Cocking; title: The protection of civilians from violence and the effects of attacks in international humanitarian law / Hitoshi Nasu; title: Discriminate warfare: the military necessity: humanity dialectic of international humanitarian law / Michael N. Schmitt; title: Who is protected under international humanitarian law? finding a definition for "direct participation in hostilities" / Helen Durham and Eve Massingham; title: Protecting civilians in armed conflict through rules of engagement / Rob McLaughlin; title: Educating for ethical behaviour? preparing military leaders for ethical challenges / David Lovell; title: First do no harm: refugee law as a response to armed conflict / Penelope Mathew; title: Private military and security companies and the "civilianization" of war / Andrew Alexandra; title: Remote killing and drive-by wars / David Whetham; title: Discrimination and non-lethal weapons: issues for the future military / Stephen Coleman; title: Surviving in a war zone: the problem of civilian casualties in Afghanistan / William Maley; title: The protection of civilians during the Israeli-Hamas conflict: the Goldstone Report / Richard D. Rosen; title: An assessment of the Gaza Report's contribution to the development of international humanitarian law / Susan Breau.