Commonsense Morality and the Consequentialist Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention

Journal of Military Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-182

  Heinze, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commonsense morality; Consequentialism; Humanitarian intervention; Moral theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960810818     PISSN: 15027570     EISSN: 15027589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15027570500306641     Document Type: Article

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