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ACCOUNTING FOR SELF-DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE AND RES...

It is commonly believed that people in certain circumstances possess a right to self-defense.
This exists not only on an individual but also on a collective level  historically known as
Just War Theory. During the 20th century this theory has undergone a revival in academic
circles  mainly due to the invention of nuclear weaponry  the cold war and America's military
involvement in Vietnam. Yet  many of the assumptions of the Just War Theory have been
challenged and undergone a revision  and a separate school of thought has emerged: the
revisionist just war theorists. A core feature of their philosophy is viewing war as the
continuation of different forms of conflict  such as self-defense. The moral justification for
war needs to  therefore  stem from the same source of morality. This book is about the
philosophical debate on the moral basis for self-defense. The accounts of two main protagonists
in the field  Judith Jarvis Thomson and Jeff McMahan  are outlined. The former takes a
rights-based approach to self-defense  the latter a responsibility-based one. Subsequently the
author develops his own account  which is a partial synthesis between the former two  albeit
remaining a responsibility-based one at its core. He introduces the conceptual differentiation
between perspectives into the fundamental level of justification  which gives rise to a
separate  supplementary criterion. The author also addresses the points of criticism raised
against the former two accounts and shows how his own is better equipped in responding to the
challenges raised against McMahan's responsibility-based account.

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