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Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research / by John Forge
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Dordrecht : Springer, 2013 |
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Englisch |
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Online-Ressource (XIV, 314 p, digital) |
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Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Outline of the Book; Reference; Chapter 2: Weapons, Weapons Research and the Case Against Weapons Research; 2.1 About Weapons; 2.1.1 Weapons; 2.1.2 Weapons Research; 2.1.3 Weapons Design; 2.1.4 Why Weapons Research Is Wrong; 2.1.5 `New Work' in the Philosophy of Technology; 2.2 The Nature of the Case Against Weapons Research; 2.2.1 What Is the Case Against Weapons Research?; 2.2.2 The Case Against Weapons Research; 2.3 Conclusion; References
Chapter 3: The Development of Projectile Weapons: Ancient Catapults3.1 The Siege of Syracuse; 3.2 The Evolution of the Catapult: Tension Artillery; 3.3 The Evolution of the Catapult: Torsion Artillery; 3.4 The `Hole Formula'; 3.5 Diffusion of Torsion Artillery: Siege Weapons; 3.6 Concluding Remarks: On the Evolution of Technology; Appendix: The Technical Treatises; References; Chapter 4: The Development of Projectile Weapons 2: Firearms; 4.1 Murder on the Eastern Front; 4.2 Paul Mauser: Gew 98 and Kar 98b; 4.3 Hiram Maxim: The Machine Gun; 4.4 Mikhail Kalashnikov: AK-47
4.5 Guns, Colonisation and Genocide4.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: The Development of Nuclear Weapons; 5.1 Leo Szilard and the Idea of a Nuclear Weapon; 5.2 Thermonuclear Weapons; 5.3 Missiles; 5.4 Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy; 5.5 Strategic Defence Initiative; 5.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Moral Dimension of Weapons Research; 6.1 The Moral System; 6.1.1 Judging Actions and Agents; 6.1.2 (Common) Morality; 6.1.3 Impartiality; 6.1.4 Moral Rules, Moral Ideals, and Human Rights; 6.1.5 Pacifism; 6.2 Justified Violations of Moral Rules; 6.2.1 Problems with Weak Justification?
6.3 ConclusionAppendix: Consequences and Uncertainty; References; Chapter 7: How to Make the Case Against Weapons Research; 7.1 Harming and the Means Principle; 7.2 The Primary Purpose of Weapons Research; 7.3 New Work on Artefacts; 7.4 Justifying Weapons Research An Outline; 7.5 Conclusion: The Case Against Weapons Research; References; Chapter 8: Defensive, Deterrent and `Humane' Weapons; 8.1 Resisting Aggression; 8.2 Catapults, Small Arms and Nuclear Weapons as Defensive?; 8.3 On Offence/Defence; 8.4 The Levels of Strategy: SDI Revisited; 8.5 Deterrent Weapons
8.6 New Military Technologies: Precision Weapons and Non-lethal Weapons8.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Weapons Research, Contexts and Justifications, and the Analogy with Explanation; 9.1 Reasons, Actions and Justification; 9.2 Ideally Well-Informed Agents; 9.3 Explanation and Justification; 9.4 Contexts of Weapons Research; 9.5 The Role of Generalisations and Theories; 9.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix: Ideally Well-Informed Agents; References; Chapter 10: Just War Theory and Wartime Weapons Research; 10.1 Just War Theory and the Justification of Wartime Weapons Research
10.2 Jus ad Bellum
Chapter 1; Weapons, Weapons Research and the Case Against Weapons Research -- Chapter 2; The Development of Projectile Weapons: Ancient Catapults -- Chapter 3; The Development of Projectile Weapons 2: Firearms -- Chapter 4; The Development of Nuclear Weapons -- Chapter 5; The Moral Dimension of Weapons Research -- Chapter 6; How to Make The Case Against Weapons Research -- Chapter 7; Defensive, Deterrent and ‘Humane’ Weapons -- Chapter 8; Weapons Research, Contexts and Justifications, and the Analogy with Explanation -- Chapter 9; Just War Theory and Wartime Weapons Research -- Chapter 10; War and Realism -- Chapter 11; Commercial Weapons Research and Peacetime Weapons Research -- Chapter 12; Wartime Weapons Research and Supreme Emergency in World War Two -- Chapter 13; Conclusion and Review of the Major Claims and Assumptions.
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978-94-007-5736-3
1-283-94649-1
978-1-283-94649-0
Weitere Ausgaben: 978-94-007-5735-6 (Printausgabe)
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Library of Congress Classification: BJ1-1725
Dewey Decimal Classification: 170
bicssc: HPQ
bisacsh: PHI005000
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5736-3 [Volltext]
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ZDB-2-SHU 2013 |
