Necessity and liability: On an honour-based justification for defensive harming

This paper considers whether victims can justify what appears to be unnecessary defensive harming by reference to an honour-based justification. I argue that such an account faces serious problems: the honour-based justification cannot permit, first, defensive harming, and second, substantial unnece...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Bowen, J
Andere auteurs: Savulescu, J
Formaat: Journal article
Gepubliceerd in: University of Oxford, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics 2016