Helen Frowe is Professor of Practical Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm University, where she directs the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace.

Defensive Killing is a scintillating exemplar of contemporary moral philosophy. Though its conclusions are at times bracing, Frowe's subtlety and intellectual honesty are unmatched ... It is a pathbreaking contribution not only to the ethics of war, but to deontological moral theory.

• Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Threats and Bystanders ; 2. Killing Innocent Threats ; 3. Moral Responsibility and Liability to Defensive Harm ; 4. Liability and Necessity ; 5. War and Self-Defence ; 6. Non-Combatant Liability ; 7. Non-Combatant Immunity ; 8. Implications and Objections ; Bibliography ; Index

Helen Frowe is Professor of Practical Philosophy and Wallenberg Academy Fellow at Stockholm University, where she directs the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace.

Defensive Killing is a scintillating exemplar of contemporary moral philosophy. Though its conclusions are at times bracing, Frowe's subtlety and intellectual honesty are unmatched ... It is a pathbreaking contribution not only to the ethics of war, but to deontological moral theory.

• Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Threats and Bystanders ; 2. Killing Innocent Threats ; 3. Moral Responsibility and Liability to Defensive Harm ; 4. Liability and Necessity ; 5. War and Self-Defence ; 6. Non-Combatant Liability ; 7. Non-Combatant Immunity ; 8. Implications and Objections ; Bibliography ; Index