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David Rodin holds research posts at the University of Oxford and the Australian National University and is a leading expert in the ethics of war. His previous books include The Ethics of War: Shared Problems in Different Traditions and War and Self-Defense (2006), which received the APA Sharp Prize.

The ethics of war is facing a profound and rapid transformation. A post-9/11 environment has generated many extraordinary changes domestically and abroad. The prosecution of the "war on terror"; the prominance of "asymmetric war" in combat operations; as well as a trend towards preventive wars, forcible regime change, detention without trial - and even torture, have placed legal institutions and ethical concepts under more strain than they have faced in over a generation.
 
This collection of original essays represents the "state of the art" of this topical and contested issue. Leading international scholars provide insightful and provocative analyses of some of the central moral problems of modern war. Under what circumstances is intervention in another state permissible? Is assassination a permissible tactic in war? Is there ever a justification for killing the innocent or torture?
 
This comprehensive book is accessible on many levels: as an excellent undergraduate teaching text, as required reading for scholars of military ethics, and as an introduction for non-experts to the modern debate on the ethics of war.

The ethics of war is facing a profound and rapid transformation. 9/11 and the "War on Terror" have led to many extraordinary changes both internationally and domestically.

Editorial Note: Suzanne Uniacke.
 
1. The Ethics of War: State of the Art: David Rodin.
 
2. Luck, Evidence and War: ROB LAWLOR.
 
3. Defending the Common Life: National-Defence After Rodin: Deane-Peter Baker.
 
4. Humanitarian Intervention: Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Gillian Brock.
 
5. Iraq: A Morally Justified Resort to War: David Mellow.
 
6. Moral Tragedies, Supreme Emergencies and National-Defence: Daniel Statman.
 
7. Assassination and Targeted Killing: Law Enforcement, Execution or Self-Defence?: Michael L. Gross.
 
8. Torture -- The Case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz: Uwe Steinhoff.
 
9. Torture, Terrorism and the State: a Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument: Vittorio Bufacchi and Jean Maria Arrigo.
 
Index.