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"This book is a comprehensive study of the ethics of killing in cases in which the metaphysical or moral status of the individual killed is uncertain or controversial. Among the beings whose status is questionable or marginal in this way are human embryos and fetuses, neonates, animals, anencephalic infants, human beings with severe, congenital, cognitive impairments, and human beings who have become severely demented or irreversibly comatose." "In an attempt to understand the moral status of these beings, Jeff McMahan develops and defends distinctive accounts of the nature of personal identity, the evaluation of death, and the wrongness of killing. He contends that the morality of killing is not unitary; rather, the principles that determine the morality of killing in marginal cases are different from those that govern the killing of persons who are self-conscious and rational."--Jacket.

Murder --- Abortion --- Killing of the elderly --- Killing of the mentally ill --- Euthanasia --- Moral and ethical aspects --- -Aged, Killing of the --- -Insane, Killing of the --- -Euthanasia --- prenatale geneeskunde (foetale geneeskunde) --- spermadonatie (spermadonor) --- pasgeborene (zuigeling, neonatus, pasgeboren kind) --- Insane, Killing of the --- Aged, Killing of the --- Elderly, Killing of the --- Killing of older people --- avortement (interruption de grossesse --- cerveaux --- médecine prénatale (médecine foetale ) --- don de sperme (donneur de sperme) --- mortalité infantile --- nouveau-né --- abortus --- euthanasie (hulp bij zelfdoding) --- foetus --- hersendood --- hersenen --- kindersterfte --- 241.63 --- 241.63 Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon --- Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon --- Criminal homicide --- Killing (Murder) --- Homicide --- Mentally ill --- Older people --- euthanasie (suicide assistée) --- mort cérébrale --- Moral and religious aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Abortion, Induced --- Attitude to Death. --- Doden. --- Embryo Research. --- Ethik. --- Ethische aspecten. --- Euthanasie --- Euthanasie. --- Medische ethiek. --- Patient Rights. --- Schwangerschaftsabbruch. --- Tötung. --- Ethics. --- Meurtre --- Avortement --- Personnes âgées --- Malades mentaux --- Aspect moral. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- General ethics --- Geronticide --- Senecide --- Senicide --- Murder - Moral and ethical aspects --- Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects --- Killing of the elderly - Moral and ethical aspects --- Killing of the mentally ill - Moral and ethical aspects --- Euthanasia - Moral and ethical aspects

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Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue states? Tackling one of the most controversial policy issues of the post-September 11 world, Michael Doyle argues that neither the Bush Doctrine nor customary international law is capable of adequately responding to the pressing security threats of our times. In Striking First, Doyle shows how the Bush Doctrine has consistently disregarded a vital distinction in international law between acts of preemption in the face of imminent threats and those of prevention in the face of the growing offensive capability of an enemy. Taking a close look at the Iraq war, the 1998 attack against al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other conflicts, he contends that international law must rely more completely on United Nations Charter procedures and develop clearer standards for dealing with lethal but not immediate threats. After explaining how the UN can again play an important role in enforcing international law and strengthening international guidelines for responding to threats, he describes the rare circumstances when unilateral action is indeed necessary. Based on the 2006 Tanner Lectures at Princeton University, Striking First includes responses by distinguished political theorists Richard Tuck and Jeffrey McMahan and international law scholar Harold Koh, yielding a lively debate that will redefine how--and for what reasons--tomorrow's wars are fought.

National security --- War (International law) --- Preemptive attack (Military science) --- Sanctions (International law) --- Intervention (International law) --- Homeland defense --- Homeland security --- Hostilities --- International law --- Neutrality --- Anticipatory self-defense (Military science) --- Preemption (Military science) --- Preemptive strikes (Military science) --- Preemptive warfare --- Military art and science --- Strategy --- International sanctions (International law) --- Penalties (International law) --- Military intervention --- Diplomacy --- Philosophy.