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There is concern that individuals may face legal proceedings if they use force against an assailant and in so doing cause injury (or death) to that assailant. The law relating to self defence is extremely complex and these pages aim to provide a comprehensive insight into the subject.
Necessity and self-defense are legal defenses used to justify actions that would otherwise be considered criminal. Necessity involves acting to prevent a greater harm or evil, while self-defense justifies the use of force to protect oneself from imminent harm or attack.
Jun 29, 2021 · Self-Defense. Killing and harming others are paradigmatic wrongs. And yet there is at least one intuitive exception to this prohibition—namely, killing or harming in self-defense, or in defense of others. Consider: Murder: Attacker is culpably trying to kill Victim because he is jealous of Victim’s success.
Jul 6, 2020 · What holds all these fundamental rights together, and what makes them more than mere paper protections against moral evil, Little further argues, is the foundational and universal right to self-defense for individuals and groups.
Cornell law professor Sherry F. Colb discusses the criminal defenses of self-defense and defense of others and considers what role emotions should and do play in society’s assessment of whether a person’s violent conduct is justified and thus not criminally punishable.
Dec 9, 2021 · The argument is intimated by two overlooked passages in the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that presuppose the right of self-defense against arbitrary force, understood as both a moral and legal concept, and as relevant both to personal and collective life.
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Dec 10, 2016 · While Kant himself does not discuss this type of scenario (called self-defense under an innocent aggressor), a moral theory informed by the Kantian maxim (Never treat others as mere means) has been developed in the name of the doctrine of double effect (DDE).
