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Desert And Avoidability In Self-Defence, François Tanguay-Renaud

François Tanguay-Renaud

Jeff McMahan rejects the relevance of desert to the morality of self-defense. In Killing in War he restates his rejection and adds to his reasons. We argue that the reasons are not decisive and that the rejection calls for further attention, which we provide. Although we end up agreeing with McMahan that the limits of morally acceptable self-defense are not determined by anyone’s deserts, we try to show that deserts may have some subsidiary roles in the morality of self-defense. We suggest that recognizing this might help McMahan to answer some unanswered questions to which his own position gives rise.

Discussion Of Christopher Kutz's 'Or 'Emet Lecture: Democratic Holy Wars, Christopher Kutz, Louis-Philippe Hodgson, François Tanguay-Renaud

François Tanguay-Renaud

Follow-up seminar on Christopher Kutz’s ‘Or ‘Emet Lecture, delivered on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Part of the Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series. Respondents: Louis-Philippe Hodgson, York Philosophy and François Tanguay-Renaud, Osgoode Hall Law School.

Using Noncambatants As Shields, Cécile Fabre, Idil Boran, François Tanguay-Renaud

François Tanguay-Renaud

Cécile Farbe, Chair in Political Theory, University of Edinburgh, talks about the coercive use of civilians as shields "a depressingly familiar feature of contemporary wars."

Respondent: Idil Boran, York University, Philosophy