Shooting to kill : the ethics of police and military use of lethal force /
Seumas Miller.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- x, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Morally permissible use of lethal force: a taxonomy -- Killing in self-defence -- Police officers, regular soldiers and normative institutional analysis -- Police use of lethal force -- Police use of lethal force and suicide bombers -- Military use of lethal force -- Civilian immunity -- Humanitarian armed intervention -- Targeted killing -- Autonomous weapons and moral responsibility -- Conclusion.
9780190626143
Police ethics Military ethics Police shootings--Moral and ethical aspects Combat--Moral and ethical aspects Public safety--Moral and ethical aspects National security--Moral and ethical aspects