Military ethics of fighting terror: An israeli perspective†

Journal of Military Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-32

  Kasher, Asa ^a   Yadlin, Amos ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collateral damage; Distinction; Human dignity; Israel; Military Ethics; Military necessity; Principles; Proportionality; Scale of involvement; Self defense; Targeted prevention of terror; Terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993714192     PISSN: 15027570     EISSN: 15027589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15027570510014642     Document Type: Article

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