The Morality of Weapons Research Why it is Wrong to Design Weapons /

• Main Author: Forge, John (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics,
• Subjects: Research-Moral and ethical aspects.; Politics and war.; Research Ethics.; Military and Defence Studies.

This book addresses the morality of engaging in weapons research, a topic that has been neglected but which is extremely important. It is argued that this activity is both morally wrong and morally unjustifiable, and this implies that moral persons should not engage in it. The argument is not based...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Nature of Weapons Research
• Chapter 2: Weapons as the Means to Harm
• Chapter 3: Defence as Justification for Weapons Research
• Chapter 4. The Outcomes of Weapons Research
• Chapter 5: Just War Theory and Weapons Research
• Conclusion.