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To kill another : homicide and natural law / G. J. McAleer.

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Main Author:	McAleer, G. J. (Graham James)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2010]
Subjects:	Homicide > Moral and ethical aspects. Justifiable homicide > Philosophy. Natural law.

Table of Contents:

Blood diamonds and the limits of moral knowledge
State privilege to kill
Victims' rights and double jeopardy
Political theology and the law of war
Wrongful life tort
Is Carl Schmitt right? : is just war impossible?
Why the case of the Maltese twins was wrongly decided
Kosovo air war and why Malthus was really a wise man
Conclusion : natural law as political theology
Appendix : the "Summa theologica" / Thomas Aquinas.