Restraining Police Use of Lethal Force and the Moral Problem of Militarization

I defend the view that a significant ethical distinction can be made between justified killing in self-defense and police use of lethal force. I start by opposing the belief that police use of lethal force is morally justified on the basis of self-defense. Then I demonstrate that the state’s monopol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Shannon
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89629