RODIN David

war and self-defense/ David Rodin - Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2004 - xvi, 213 p.

An analysis of the basic principle underlying the concept of just war: that armed force can be used in the cause of national self-defence. This in turn is based by analogy on the right to use force for personal self-defence. This book argues that there is no compelling moral argument in support of the parallel and consequently the entire Just War Theory is built on unsatisfactory foundations.

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SELF DEFENCE--INTERNATIONAL LAW
JUST WAR
MORAL PHILOSOPHY