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Jeff McMahan on Killing in War

If someone is shooting at me in a war, surely it is morally acceptable for me to shoot back and kill him or her. Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University, author of  a new book on this topic, challenges the view that such killing is always acceptable.

We are very grateful to the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) for facilitating this interview.

Listen to Jeff McMahan on Killing in War

Richard Norman on What is Wrong with Killing on Ethics Bites

Richard Norman discusses killing, and specifically killing in war, in the latest episode of Ethics Bites.

Listen to Richard Norman on What is Wrong with Killing

Listen to earlier discussion with Richard Norman on Humanism

Angie Hobbs on Plato on War

Is war inevitable, given the human condition? What causes human agression? For Plato's Socrates it comes from innate tendencies nurtured in the wrong way. And that's where war comes from. Angie Hobbs gives a fascinating introduction to this aspect of Plato's Republic in this episode of Philosophy Bites.

Listen to Angie Hobbs on Plato on War

Other Audio Resources

Listen to why Angie Hobbs thinks Plato the greatest of all philosophers

Listen to Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love (an earlier episode of Philosophy Bites)

Listen to Angie Hobbs discussing Socrates on In Our Time

Article by Angie Hobbs on Plato on War
Forthcoming in Maieusis edited by Dominic Scott (see below) a collection of pieces by eminent classics scholars in honour of the work of Myles Burnyeat.

Listen to Myles Burnyeat on Aristotle on Happiness (an earlier episode of Philosophy Bites)