Torture and the "Distributive Justice" Theory of Self-Defense: An Assessment

Ethics and International Affairs 22 (1):93–115 (2008)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The goal of this feature is to demonstrate that distributive justice is a flawed theory of self-defense and must be rejected, thus undercutting the argument that torture can be justified as self-defense.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1111/j.1747-7093.2008.00131.x

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 92,261

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

The distributive justice theory of self-defense: A response to Whitley Kaufman.Re'em Segev - 2008 - Ethics and International Affairs 22 (1).
Corrective vs. Distributive Justice: the Case of Apologies.Andrew I. Cohen - 2016 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 19 (3):663-677.
Gender.Anca Gheaus - 2018 - In Serena Olsaretti (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 389-414.
For Torture: A Rights-Based Defense.Stephen Kershnar - 2011 - Lexington Books.
Distributive Justice: Getting What We Deserve From Our Country.Fred Feldman - 2016 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK.
On the Ethics of Torture.Uwe Steinhoff - 2013 - State University of New York Press.
Distributive Justice, Injustice and Beyond Justice.Wei Xiaopin - 2008 - Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 50:857-872.
The Defense of Necessity and Powers of the Government.Youngjae Lee - 2009 - Criminal Law and Philosophy 3 (2):133-145.
Hayek's Theory of Justice: A Study of Justification.Michael Anton Keller - 1986 - Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo
Is Coercion a Ground of Distributive Justice?Andrea Sangiovanni - 2016 - Law and Philosophy 35 (3):271-290.
Smilansky, Arneson, and the asymmetry of desert.Jeffrey Moriarty - 2013 - Philosophical Studies 162 (3):537-545.
Distributive Justice and Access to Advantage; Edited by Alexander Kaufman: Cambridge University Press, 2014, Pp. viii + 278. [REVIEW]Kyle Johannsen - 2017 - Philosophical Quarterly 67 (268):633-5.
What's Special About the State?Helena de Bres - 2011 - Utilitas 23 (2):140-160.
Equality versus Priority.Michael Otsuka & Alex Voorhoeve - 2018 - In Serena Olsaretti (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 65-85.
Legalizing Defensive Torture.U. B. Steinhoff - 2012 - Public Affairs Quarterly 26 (1):19-32.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
124 (#146,774)

6 months
6 (#530,265)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

Recent Work on the Ethics of Self-Defense.Tyler Doggett - 2011 - Philosophy Compass 6 (4):220-233.
Legitimating Torture?Gerald Lang - 2017 - Criminal Law and Philosophy 11 (2):331-349.
Explaining the principle of Mala in se.Morten Dige - 2012 - Journal of Military Ethics 11 (4):318-332.
Can Torture Be Justified?Jeffrey R. Tiel - 2019 - Journal of Military Ethics 18 (1):35-47.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references