Recognition has both a normative and a psychological dimension. Arguably, if you
recognize another person with regard to a certain feature, as an autonomous agent, for …

According to common sense morality, agents can become morally connected to the
wrongdoing of others, such that they are rendered liable to bear costs to prevent or rectify …

This thesis investigates the right to self-defence by examining a range of cases involving
“imperfect” victims–that is, victims of wrongful threats who contributed to, or could have …

The traditional international law of self-defense provides little indication about how far states
should be willing to defend. That choice is better understood as constrained, beyond the jus …

Most people think that Ukrainian violent resistance to the Russian invasion is morally
justified, even if it turns out to be costly: it can't be straightforwardly impermissible to resist …

This thesis contributes to the growing literature on the ethics of violent political resistance to
the state and its constituent institutions. Political theory has historically been defined by two …

In conventional warfare, its accepted that if a state finds itself under attack, it's entitled to
respond–either with defensive force, or with a counterattack. But its less clear how countries …