Out of Proportion? On Surveillance and the Proportionality Requirement.
In this article, we critically scrutinize the principle of proportionality when used in the context of security and government surveillance. We argue that McMahan's distinction from just warfare between narrow proportionality (cases in which a threatener is liable to suffer the harms inflicted upon...
| Publicado en: | Ethical Theory & Moral Practice Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 181 - 200 |
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