To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law

ISBN-13: 9781138539716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 252 str.

Graham McAleer

Opis

Basing his argument on natural law, Graham J. McAleer asserts that only public authority has the right to intentionally kill. He draws upon the work of Thomas Aquinas and Francisco de Vitoria, defending the claim that these natural law theorists have developed the best available theory of homicide

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Blood Diamonds and the Limits of Moral Knowledge 2. State Privilege to Kill 3. Victims’ Rights and Double Jeopardy 4. Political Theology and the Law of War 5. Wrongful Life Tort 6. Is Carl Schmitt Right? Is Just War Impossible? 7. Why the Case of the Maltese Twins Was Wrongly Decided 8. Kosovo Air War and Why Malthus Was Really a Wise Man, Conclusion: Natural Law as Political Theology

O autorze

Graham McAleer