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Killing Terrorists: A Moral and Legal Analysis
Author(s): Goppel (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 26 Oct. 2017
- Language: English
- Print length: 358 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110284421
- ISBN-13: 9783110284423
Book Description
The targeted killing of terrorists has become an established practice in the fight against terrorism. Anna Goppel analyses the justifiability of this practice, both from a moral and an international legal perspective. She shows that the targeted killing of terrorists can be justified only in very specific and rather theoretical cases. This seriously questions the practice as well as its increasing acceptance.
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From the Back Cover
Morality and international law provide justification for targeted killing of terrorists under certain circumstances. Applied to realistic situations, however, they typically do not.
About the Author
Anna Goppel, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
