Seth Lazar has worked on the philosophy of war, self-defence, and risk, since his DPhil in Political Theory at the University of Oxford. After postdoctoral work in Oxford and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he joined the School of Philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences, at the Australian National University, where he is now a Senior Research Fellow. He has published articles on war, self-defence, and risk in journals such as Ethics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, and Journal of Political Philosophy.

This is a hugely important book that will shape the debate on civilian immunity for years to come.

• 1: Killing Civilians Is Worse than Killing Soldiers 2: Necessity 3: Opportunistic and Eliminative Killing 4: Risky Killing 5: Vulnerability and Defencelessness 6: Combat Non-immunity Epilogue Bibliography Index

Seth Lazar has worked on the philosophy of war, self-defence, and risk, since his DPhil in Political Theory at the University of Oxford. After postdoctoral work in Oxford and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he joined the School of Philosophy in the Research School of Social Sciences, at the Australian National University, where he is now a Senior Research Fellow. He has published articles on war, self-defence, and risk in journals such as Ethics, Philosophy & Public Affairs, and Journal of Political Philosophy.

This is a hugely important book that will shape the debate on civilian immunity for years to come.

• 1: Killing Civilians Is Worse than Killing Soldiers 2: Necessity 3: Opportunistic and Eliminative Killing 4: Risky Killing 5: Vulnerability and Defencelessness 6: Combat Non-immunity Epilogue Bibliography Index