01762     2200301   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001100123084001700134100002300151245006000174260003200234300003500266500002300301504001400324520091500338650002101253650003601274990002501310990002501335990002501360990002501385990002501410990002501435INLIS00000000000456120221013091822  a0010-0520004561221013                |          | eng    a9780415452823  aeng  a172.42  a172.42 COK e0 aCoker, Christopher1 aEthics and War in the 21st Century /cChristopher Coker  aNew York :bSpringer,c2008  axiii, 201 p.; 23 cm. ;c23 cm.  aIndeks : p.193-201  ap.189-192  aThis book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. The author, a leading theorist of warfare, explains why it is of crucial importance that Western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices in war, even when engaging with international terrorist groups. The book uses the work of the late American philosopher Richard Rorty to explain the need to make ethical rules central to the conduct of military operations. Arguing that the question of ethics was re-opened by the war on terror, the book then examines America's post-9/11 redefinition of its own prevailing discourse of war. It ends with a discussion of other key challenges to the ethics of war, such as the rise of private security companies and the use of robots in war. In exploring these issues, this book seeks to place ethics at the centre of debates about the conduct of future warfare. 4aWar (philosophy) 4aWar - Moral and ethical aspects  a09952/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09951/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09952/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09951/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09951/MKRI-P/XI-2008  a09952/MKRI-P/XI-2008