10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-DEFENSIVE»
Discover the use of
self-defensive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
self-defensive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life
The self-defensive response must be proportionate to the threatened harm. In
order for self-defensive killing to be justified, the threat must, as I noted earlier, be
of a certain level of gravity. This applies both to the nature of the threatened harm
...
2
Killing in
Self-defence
The book also focuses primarily on self-defensive killing: conduct resulting in the
death ofthe aggressor.16 Once again, the reason for this is that killing in self-
defence is the most difficult type of self-defence to justify, involving, as it does, the
...
3
Digest version of the Integration Theory of Psychoanalysis
The self-defensive factors lie within the reward system, and the object-defensive
factors lie within the aversion system. In contrast, the new brain holds the
displeasure-regulation system. The neural transmissions from the new brain to
the old ...
4
The Road to Disunion, Volume II : Secessionists Triumphant ...
Then plantations would become huge, relationships between slaveholders and
slaves impersonal, and masters' personal benevolence unlikely. But if slavery
spread, claimed the co-founder of the Platte County Self-Defensive Association, ...
William W. Freehling Singletary Professor of the Humanities University of Kentucky, 2007
5
Imaginary Neighbors: Mediating Polish-Jewish Relations After ...
In contrast, the contributors to the self-defensive position considered the public
exposure of the dark past embarrassing and shameful, leading only to negative
consequences in terms of Polish national self-image and self-confidence, both at
...
Dorota Glowacka, Joanna Zylinska, 2007
6
Real Knockouts: The Physical Feminism of Women's
Self-Defense
expert testimony on BWS yielded some important legal victories, BWS pathol-
ogizes the same kind of self-defensive violence for which men need no such
excuse. Feminists have suggested that the impaired Mental State defense for
women ...
7
Imperialism With Chinese Characteristics?: Reading And ...
From an in-depth examination of the “defensive” nature of China's national
defense policy, one may sum up the following characteristics: First, the self-
defensive nature. The fundamental objective and task of national defense is self-
defense, ...
Michael K. Metcalf, National Defense Intelligence College (U.S.), National Intelligence University, 2013
8
How We Fight: Ethics in War
There is an extensive debate about the scope of self-defensive permissions.10
Some writers who are sympathetic to the Forfeiture Account agree with the
implication that the account cannot license self-defensive violence against
Innocent ...
Helen Frowe, Gerald Lang, 2014
9
The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research
In comparison to the lower— order self—defensive strategies, these higher—
order strategies do not work via biased cognitions and aggressive outbursts.
They involve strengthening a core sense of self in an agentic rather than reactive
way, ...
Rafael Wittek, Tom Snijders, Victor Nee, 2013
10
Point Blank: Guns And Violence In America
However, vigilantism and CJS activity share a purpose that self-defensive actions
do not — retribution. Whereas the CJS and the vigilante both seek to punish
wrong-doers, the first lawfully, the second unlawfully, the defensive gun user
seeks ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-DEFENSIVE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
self-defensive is used in the context of the following news items.
North Korea rules out nuclear deal, says weapons 'not a plaything
"It is our firm position to strengthen our self-defensive nuclear deterrence in every way to cope with the intensifying threat of aggressive nuclear threat by the U.S. ... «12NewsNow.Com, Jul 15»
Everytown's Editorial Arm, “The Trace” Pushes Propaganda On Self …
Bloomberg's “The Trace” reported this week “breaking news” that anti-gun researcher David Hemenway has “debunked” the myth of self-defensive gun uses in ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
Can subscriptions take the heat?
That self-defensive move was caused, we learned by what Scribd c.e.o. Trip Adler called "such a passionate, voracious audience of readers" as romance fans. «The Bookseller, Jul 15»
China promises not to join nuclear arms race
Reiterating the policy of no first use of nuclear weapons and a self-defensive nuclear strategy, the report pledges that China will unconditionally not use or ... «Xinhua, May 15»
A Self-Defensive Tamil Nationalism
... ( February 14, 2015, Frankfurt, Sri Lanka Guardian) Just as the Singhalese have a claim of historical origin on this island, the Tamils too have such a claim. «Sri Lanka Guardian, Feb 15»
Jewish Conservative Closes Gap in NY First Congressional District
This summer, only 31% of Democrats approved of Israel's self-defensive action against Gaza, according to Gallup. This has been the final straw for more Jewish ... «American Thinker, Oct 14»
DPRK blasts US-South Korean joint military drill
North Korea on Monday slammed a US-South Korean joint military drill, and asked the international community to recognize its self-defensive actions, the official ... «WantChinaTimes, Aug 14»
MOFA thanks US support for Taiwan's TPP bid
The U.S. official's comments again show that Washington will continue to help Taiwan establish self-defensive capabilities as stipulated by the Taiwan Relations ... «China Post, Mar 14»
Korea`s military to shift focus from active to proactive deterrence
Japan is also seeking to secure its collective self-defensive right. The United States also plans to reinforce its naval forces in the Asia-Pacific region from the ... «동아일보, Mar 14»
N. Korea defends nuclear weapons as 'self-defensive'
BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean official said Tuesday that his country's nuclear weapons are for self-defense, accusing the United States of taking ... «GlobalPost, Dec 13»
