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An Ethics of Interrogation

By: Michael Skerker

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The act of interrogation, and the debate over its use, pervades our culture, whether through fictionalized depictions in movies and television or discussions of real-life interrogations on the news. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media, there is a lack of informed commentary on its moral implications. Moving beyond the narrow focus on torture that has characterized most work on the subject, An Ethics of Interrogation is the first book to fully address this complex issue.In this important new examination of a controversial subject, Michael Skerker confronts a host of philosophical and legal issues, from the right to privacy and the privilege against compelled self-incrimination to prisoner rights and the legal consequences of different modes of interrogation for both domestic criminal and foreign terror suspects. These topics raise serious questions about the morality of keeping secrets as well as the rights of suspected terrorists and insurgents. Thoughtful consideration of these subjects leads Skerker to specific policy recommendations for law enforcement, military, and intelligence professionals.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226761630

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The Moral Status of Combatants

A New Theory of Just War

By: Michael Skerker

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The Moral Status of Combatants

A New Theory of Just War

By: Michael Skerker

This book develops a new contractualist foundation for just war theory, which defends the traditional view of the moral equality of combatants and associated egalitarian moral norms. Traditionally it has been viewed that combatants on both sides of a war have the same right to fight, irrespective of the justice of their cause, and both sides must observe the same restrictions on the use of force, especially prohibitions on targeting noncombatants. Revisionist philosophers have argued that combatants on the unjust side of a war have no right to fight, that pro-war civilians on the unjust side might be targetable, and that lawful combatants on the unjust side might in principle be liable to prosecution for their participation on the unjust side. This book seeks to undercut the revisionist project and defend the traditional view of the moral equality of combatants. It does so by showing how revisionist philosophers fail to build a strong foundation for their arguments and misunderstand that there is a moral difference between collective military violence and a collection of individually unjustified violent actions. Finally, the book develops a theory defending the traditional view of military ethics based on a universal duty of all people to support just institutions. This book will be of much interest to students of just war theory, ethics philosophy, and war studies.

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Routledge

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1000092313

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The Ethics of Insurgency

By: Michael L. Gross

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The Ethics of Insurgency

By: Michael L. Gross

The Ethics of Insurgency explains how guerrillas who pursue national self-determination may justly utilize many unlawful practices of war.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107019079

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9781107019072

Evolutionary Cell Biology

The Origins of Cellular Architecture

By: Michael R. Lynch

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Evolutionary Cell Biology

The Origins of Cellular Architecture

By: Michael R. Lynch

The fields of molecular evolution, genome evolution, and evolutionary genetics are now well-established. Remarkably, however, although all evolutionary modifications begin at the cellular level, and despite the advances made in cell biology and microbiology over the past few decades, there is as yet no recognised discipline of evolutionary cell biology. The goal of this book is to help establish the foundations for this emerging field. Its principal aims are twofold: firstly, to promote an understanding among evolutionary biologists as to why the cellular details matter if we are to understand the mechanisms of evolution; secondly, to make clear to non-evolutionary biologists - cell biologists in particular - that evolution is not just a matter of natural selection and optimization, but a process whose reach depends on other population genetic features such as mutation, recombination, and random genetic drift. Although there are many excellent books on cell biology, microbiology, and biophysics, almost no attention is given to evolution. Likewise, although there are numerous evolutionary biology books on the market, none of them gives more than passing attention to details at the cellular level. Thus Evolutionary Cell Biology is genuinely novel, offering a broader understanding of evolutionary processes and an appreciation for the many interesting problems that remain to be solved at the cellular and subcellular levels. This advanced textbook is aimed at both cell biologists and evolutionary biologists. It will be accessible to upper-level undergraduates in biology, and certainly to graduate students in all areas of the life sciences. Professionals from a wide range of fields - cell biology, microbiology, evolution, biophysics, biochemistry, and mathematics - will be exposed to entirely new ideas not traditionally covered in their primary fields of expertise.

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Oxford University Press

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0192663038

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Chemotaxis

By: Michael Eisenbach,A Tamada,G M Omann,J E Segall,R A Firtel,R Meili,David Gutnick,Mazal Varon,Joseph W Lengeler,F Murakami

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Chemotaxis

By: Michael Eisenbach,A Tamada,G M Omann,J E Segall,R A Firtel,R Meili,David Gutnick,Mazal Varon,Joseph W Lengeler,F Murakami

With contribution from Joseph W Lengeler (University of Osnabr

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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1911299018

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9781911299011

Gothic Forensics

Criminal Investigative Procedure in Victorian Horror & Mystery

By: Michael Arntfield

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Gothic Forensics

Criminal Investigative Procedure in Victorian Horror & Mystery

By: Michael Arntfield

Michael Arntfield interrogates the legacy of Victorian-era crime fiction and Gothic horror on investigative forensic methods used by police today.

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Springer

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1137565802

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Modern Just War Theory

A Guide to Research

By: Michael P. Farrell

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Modern Just War Theory

A Guide to Research

By: Michael P. Farrell

Contributions to Illuminations: A Scarecrow Press Series of Guides to Research in Religion provide students and scholars, lay readers and clergy, with a road map to research in key areas of religious study. All commonly constructed with introductions to the topic and reviews of key thinkers, concepts, and events, each volume includes surveys of the primary and secondary sources, with critical evaluations of their places in the canon of thought and research on the topic. Focusing primarily on the knowledge required by today’s students and scholars, each guide is a must-have for any student of religion. The twentieth century saw an explosion of wars and an accompanying explosion of literature on the morality of war. Thinking among Christian clerics and scholars on the idea of “just war” shifted with developments on the battlefield. Alternatives to just war theory, such as pacifism and realism, found new proponents in the published work of the neo-Anabaptists and Niebhurians. Meanwhile, proponents of Christian just war theory had to address challenges from competing ideologies as well as ththose presented by the changing nature of warfare. Modern Just War Theory: A Guide to Research, by scholar and librarian Michael Farrell, serves as a manual for students and scholars studying Christian just war theory, helping them navigate the wealth of just war literature produced in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Farrell’s guide provides an introduction to the major developments of just war theory in the twentieth century, including sections on how to research just war theory, an overview of some of the most important theorists and developments of the twentieth century, and discussions of key search terms and related topics. Farrell then surveys and evaluates key primary and secondary sources for researchers on just war theory, as well as related sources on Christian realism and the responses of just war theorists to proponents of pacifism and secular just war theories. Modern Just War Theory will appeal to students and scholars of theology, military history, international law, and Christian ethics

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0810883457

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Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare

Conflict in the Digital Realm

By: Nicholas Michael Sambaluk

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Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare

Conflict in the Digital Realm

By: Nicholas Michael Sambaluk

This illuminating book examines and refines the commonplace "wisdom" about cyber conflict-its effects, character, and implications for national and individual security in the 21st century. "Cyber warfare" evokes different images to different people. This book deals with the technological aspects denoted by "cyber" and also with the information operations connected to social media's role in digital struggle. The author discusses numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve blame for not defending adequately against attacks. The author outlines why several widespread beliefs about cyber weapons need modification and suggests more nuanced and contextualized conclusions about how cyber domain hostility impacts conflict in the modern world. After distinguishing between the nature of warfare and the character of wars, chapters will probe the widespread assumptions about cyber weapons themselves. The second half of the book explores the role of social media and the consequences of the digital realm being a battlespace in 21st-century conflicts. The book also considers how trends in computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs as well as the practicality of people's relationships with institutions and trends, ranging from democracy to the Internet of Things.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440870810

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The Moral Status of Combatants

A New Theory of Just War

By: Michael Skerker

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The Moral Status of Combatants

A New Theory of Just War

By: Michael Skerker

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Emergency Care

By: Daniel Limmer,Michael O'Keefe,Harvey Grant,E. D. Dickinson

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Emergency Care

By: Daniel Limmer,Michael O'Keefe,Harvey Grant,E. D. Dickinson

For courses in Rescue Techniques and EMT basics. This Fire Service Edition of Emergency Care continues a tradition of publishing excellence and builds upon a 30 year history of preparing more students to pass state competency exams and/or the National Registry Exam than any other text on the market. It focuses on the unique situations in which fire professionals work--with well-organized, clearly presented content, thorough coverage of patient assessment, an accessible reading level, high quality artwork, and outstanding skill scans of equipment and procedures. Case studies and practical tips from the field tie chapter concepts to real world applications. Each chapter sends students to the Companion Website where there are links to EMS-related sites. A multimedia support package provides extra information to help students master concepts.

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0130995002

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Book's by Michael Skerker

An Ethics of Interrogation

An Ethics of Interrogation

The Moral Status of Combatants

The Moral Status of Combatants

The Ethics of Insurgency

The Ethics of Insurgency

Evolutionary Cell Biology

Evolutionary Cell Biology

Chemotaxis

Chemotaxis

Gothic Forensics

Gothic Forensics

Modern Just War Theory

Modern Just War Theory

Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare

Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare

The Moral Status of Combatants

The Moral Status of Combatants

Emergency Care

Emergency Care

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